San Angelo ISD Board to Weigh Meal Price Hikes, Innovation Plan Renewal

SAN ANGELO, TX — The San Angelo Independent School District board of trustees will consider raising paid school meal prices by 25 cents and renewing the district’s District of Innovation Plan when it meets Monday evening. 

The regular board meeting is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. Monday in the board room at the San Angelo ISD Administration Building, 1621 University Ave. 

Under action items, trustees will consider an increase in meal prices for the 2026-27 school year to comply with the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The law requires districts to charge paid students an equity-based price — set at $4.16 for 2026-27 — so that schools provide the same level of support for paid meals as for free or reduced-price ones. 

Current San Angelo ISD prices for paid student meals fall below that threshold, while costs to provide meals have continued to rise, according to a board agenda report. 

The administration recommends increasing paid lunch prices by 25 cents, to $3.25 for elementary students and $3.50 for secondary students. Second breakfast prices would rise to $2.25. Reduced-price meals would remain at the federal maximum of 40 cents, free breakfasts would continue at no cost to all students, and adult lunches would stay at $5.25.

Also on the action agenda is a proposal to renew the district’s District of Innovation Plan, which is scheduled to expire at the end of May 2026. Under Texas Education Code Chapter 12A, the renewal would allow San Angelo ISD to keep local control flexibilities in instructional staffing, scheduling and operational efficiencies while remaining accountable to board policy and state requirements. A board report states the district has used those flexibilities to better meet student and staff needs since adopting its original plan. 

Other action items include:

• Approval of the April 2026 bills, accounts and financial statements.
• Consideration of Guaranteed Maximum Price No. 1 with Lee Lewis Construction for portable buildings at Lake View High School.
• Superintendent’s recommendations for 2026-27 teachers’ contracts.
• Superintendent’s recommendations for 2026-27 administrators’ contracts.

Consent items, expected to be approved in a single vote, include approval of new library book titles for the 2025-26 school year, bids for the Child Nutrition Department’s dairy and direct-delivery services for 2026-27, approval of April 13 and April 20 meeting minutes, and termination of the district’s agreement with its third-party Medicaid billing service provider. 

Before action items, the board will hold a Finance and Audit Committee workshop that includes the monthly financial routine report, bills and accounts, investment report, March 2026 tax collection report and purchasing report for purchase orders over $20,000.

Information items on the agenda are a bond construction update, an update on academic programs and a proposed elementary attendance boundary map for fall 2027. 

The meeting will open with a call to order, invocation by Dr. Stuart Abramson of Congregation Beth-Israel, and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Bonham Elementary students Abel Martinez, Ava Lavas, Ari Hunt and Briar Alley. 

Recognitions include state individual and team qualifiers in athletics, San Angelo ISD Teachers of the Year, a Property Casualty Alliance of Texas honoree and the district’s Difference Maker Day. 

Public comments will be heard, followed by announcements of future meetings: a Finance/Pre-Agenda Workshop on June 8 and the next regular board meeting on June 15, both at 5:45 p.m. The meeting will end with adjournment.

You can view the agenda by clicking HERE.