The Fountain Hills Unified School District Governing Board is scheduled to kick off the July 8 meeting at 6:30 p.m. with an adjustment to the meal price plan joining a menu of annual housekeeping items.

Before board members can break for the summer, a handful of annual items need to be approved in preparation for the upcoming academic year.

Approving certified evaluators, authorized check signers and out-of-district placement policies are just a handful of the items making up this evening’s consent agenda which, barring additional discussion or action from the board, should be taken care of in a single action.

The meeting will likely be a brief one, as that only leaves two other items up for the board’s consideration.

Along with the possible approval of a cooperative purchasing agreement, the board will consider a meal price increase to keep up with the reimbursable free/reduced rate.

According to the recommendation, the Arizona Department of Education is requesting a meal rate increase of at least 10 cents each school year until districts match the free/reduced reimbursable rate of $2.98.

This change would affect meal plans a little differently at each site.

For McDowell Mountain, the proposal would bump breakfast ($1.50) and lunch ($2.45) rates to $1.60 ad $2.60, respectively.

At the Four Peaks/Middle School campus, the proposal is to bump breakfast rates up from $1.50 to $1.60, and lunch rates from $2.70 to $2.80.

Breakfast is not served at the high school, so the rate increase would only affect lunch, moving the cost from $2.85 to $2.95.