Lunch, substitute pay increase for H-BC schools for 2020-21 year

A 10-cent-per-meal increase will greet Hills-Beaver Creek School District families this fall, if in-person classes resume.
School board members approved the increase at their June 22 meeting.
The increase for 2020-21 follows a series of 10-cent increases each year since the 2015-16 school year.
The costs of a lunch meal for kindergarten through eighth-grade students will be $2.75, ninth- through 12th-grade students $2.90, and adults $4.
The cost of a carton of milk remains at 40 cents.
Board members also increased substitute staff pay schedules.
Full-day substitute teachers will receive $130 per day, up $10 from the 2019-20 school year.
“We were a little light in that area,” said Superintendent Todd Holthaus. “We should be competitive now.”
Half-day substitute teacher pay is $70 per day.
Substitute paraprofessionals will receive $13 per hour, up from $11.50 the previous school year.
Substitute office help will be paid $12 per hour, up $1 per hour from the 2019-20 school year.
Substitute food service employees will now receive $15, up from last year’s $14.
Also receiving a $1 per hour raise is the driver education instructor to $28 per hour.
Student participation fees and activity passes to school-sponsored activities remain unchanged.