By Derrick ForsytheRecord Staff WriterStudents in the Wright City R-II School District will see an increase in their meal prices during the 2015-16 school year.The school board announced during its monthly meeting on June 25 that breakfast and lunch prices will rise 10 cents apiece. The board approved the increases on a 5-0 vote.Board members Erin Williams and David Mikus were both absent.Superintendent David Buck says the increase reflects demands by the federal government for the district to stay competitive with the national average.“When the numbers were released, we were way below, so they suggested we raise our prices 10 cents each year to catch up to the average,” said Buck. “Last year we didn’t impose an increase though.”The previous full price set by the district for lunch was $3.11, while breakfast costs $2.34.“What we charge for our full price is what the meal costs us,” said Buck.The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education sets the cost for the free-and-reduced meal program, in which 55 percent of Wright City’s students are enrolled.Those costs were $1.50 for breakfast, $1.95 for kindergarten through fifth-grade lunch and $2.20 for sixth through 12th-grade lunch.“Nearly every district will be increasing their prices going into next year to keep up with costs of services,” said Buck.The district had 1,586 students enrolled in its meal program during the 2014-15 school year. It served a total of 72,211 breakfasts and 163,283 lunches. The breakfast figure was down by about 7,000, while the lunch total increased around 10,000 from the previous school year.It averages out to 417 breakfasts and 944 lunches served each day.The district addressed concerns over the drastic breakfast decline, and is hoping that offering several new breakfast options increase those counts.Also at the June 25 meeting, the district awarded its food service bid to Kohl Wholesale, which will continue the service it has provided in recent years. Kohl Wholesale was the lone bid submitted.School Lunch