SWEETWATER-It may be summer vacation, but the Sweetwater Board of Education still had business to attend to Monday night.

The board on Monday reluctantly passed a 25-cent increase for school lunches at all schools except the junior high.

Jewell Nelson, nutrition supervisor for the city schools, said an increase in food costs and mandates requiring more fruits and vegetable to be served is requiring school systems across to raise their lunch prices.

School Board Chairman Richard Rowe announced the board will vote on a contract renewal for Director of Schools Dr. Melanie Miller in July.

See full story in the Wednesday, June 13, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.