(Griswold, IA) — The Griswold Community School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening and approved two new hires. Superintendent Dave Henrichs told KJAN the new hires include Bindy Paige and Mason Anstey.

Henrichs said the Board also continued their discussion on establishing a 4-day School Week, but no action was taken.

The next step, he said, is for Griswold School Board members to take home the information they received during Monday’s meeting, and study it before they submit their questions or thoughts to the committee tasked with researching the prospect of a 4-day school week.

Superintendent Henrichs said the Griswold School Board voted to increase the price for school meals, because the District was losing money. During COVID, school hot lunch programs received State and Federal funding, along with reimbursement for meals, and lower food costs. That isn’t the case today, and now the Griswold School District is anticipating and end-of-year hot lunch program deficit -if nothing changes – of $47,000. He says “that’s just something that we really can’t have.”

Dave Henrichs says Pre K through 12 breakfast will go from $2.00 to $2.15. The cost of Pre K through 5th grade lunches increases to $3.00 from $2.70, and lunch for grades 6 through 12 will increase 3-cents, to $3.20. A la carte items will increase 10- to 15-cents apiece. All changes are effective January 1st, 2026. Henrichs was asked if people can help reduce the school nutrition deficit with a donation. He said “We always accept those donations.”

The bottom line, is that no student who wants lunch, will go without, regardless of ability to pay. “The last thing we want to do is have kids go hungry.” In other business, the Griswold School Board cast their ballot for AEA Director District 2 in support of John Gans, out of Red Oak.