Ottawa Elementary School Distirct meals and gym uniforms to cost more next year

Prices are going up in the Ottawa Elementary School District. The school board approved increases for next year’s breakfasts, lunches, gym clothing, and graduation gowns. Parents will pay $1 more for lunches which were increased to $3. It will now cost $1.60 for breakfast which is a 10 cent increase. It will cost more for gym clothes because a t-shirt will cost $16, which is a $2 increase. Graduation gowns will also increase from $23 to $25. Supt. Michelle Lee says the state requires the price increase for the food. She also says the company that supplies the gym uniforms is charging the district more.