Ridgewood schools to leave national lunch program
Tuesday May 21, 2013, 10:43 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Aiming to bring in more bacon, the Ridgewood school district is leaving the national lunch program next term and will seek input on new menus. The district is also exploring ways to make the Infant/Toddler Development Center (ITDC) at Glen School, which is losing money, more lucrative.
A discussion led by Assistant Superintendent for Business Angelo DeSimone about these services took place at last week’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting, which also included a financial update on the Ridgewood Community School.
According to DeSimone, the cafeteria has made revenue gains this year – “about 16 cents on the dollar” in income. Meanwhile, the Ridgewood Community School is yielding a 4 percent profit this quarter, but the ITDC is losing money – 30 cents on the dollar, although that is less money than earlier this year, he said.
“The trend is good, but I don’t think it’s trending fast enough to bring us down to zero,” DeSimone said.
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