Board members asked staff to look at ways in future years to avoid raising prices. ![]() The vote came after board members expressed concerns about how the increase will affect families. The price for a full-price breakfast will not go up. The increases will go into effect for the 2023-24 school year and would cost families more than $40 per year per child. The Wake County school board voted 5-4 on Tuesday to raise the cost for a full-price lunch from $3 to $3.25 in elementary schools and from $3.25 to $3.50 cents in middle and high schools. ![]() Students in Wake County schools will pay 25 cents more for their lunches this fall, continuing a trend of increases that was only halted when meals were free during the pandemic.
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