{"id":418860,"date":"2026-08-28T03:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/418860\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T03:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:38:11","slug":"dripping-springs-isd-families-will-see-an-increase-in-student-meal-prices-southwest-austin-dripping-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/418860\/","title":{"rendered":"Dripping Springs ISD families will see an increase in student meal prices | Southwest Austin &#8211; Dripping Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsisdtx.us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dripping Springs ISD<\/a> will pay slightly more for their students\u2019 meals this school year after the board of trustees approved a price increase at an <a href=\"https:\/\/dsisdtx.new.swagit.com\/videos\/398925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 24 meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The overview<\/p>\n<p>The board of trustees approved a $0.10 increase for breakfast prices and a $0.25 increase for lunch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787888290_980_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Because the district had a deficit in the child nutrition budget for fiscal year 2025-26, Chief Operations Officer Scott Berry said the district is obligated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/squaremeals.org\/Programs\/National-School-Lunch-Program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Department of Agriculture<\/a> to take action regarding meal prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur expenses are trending upwards, and that\u2019s expected because of inflation,\u201d Berry said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787888291_609_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to the TDA, the weighted average lunch price would be $4.31 for elementary schools, $0.86 higher than DSISD\u2019s rate in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>Rather than raise child nutrition prices by the entire recommended amount, the district elected to contribute money from the fund balance of the child nutrition budget to keep costs lower.<\/p>\n<p>District officials estimate that they will need to contribute about $150,000 from the fund balance, but the exact number depends on participation in the school lunch program.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of note<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re helping offset the cost increase to our families, but we\u2019re also not kicking the can down the road,\u201d board member Rob McClelland said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parents in Dripping Springs ISD will pay slightly more for their students\u2019 meals this school year after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,145907,4170,52549,6605],"class_list":["post-418860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-child-nutrition","tag-dripping-springs","tag-dripping-springs-isd","tag-texas-department-of-agriculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}