2023-08-22 15:34:41
School meals will sometimes have a bitter taste in the schools of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation!
On the one hand, 32,000 pupils from schools in differentiated supervision will be entitled to free hot meals. A political decision, to help precarious families.
But on the other hand, the pupils of a series of municipal schools will see the price of their hot meal increase by around 10%! This is for example the case in Perwez, where the municipality justifies itself by invoking inflation.
Effect of inflation
4.20 euros for a hot meal in kindergarten; 4.75 euros in primary, an increase of regarding 10%! “With the rise in prices, we were forced to react, even if it is the second rise in a single legislature“, explains the mayor Jordan Godfriaux. “This is an adaptation linked to the increase in energy prices, personnel costs, but also the emphasis we have placed on quality and local products. This implies an increase of around 10%. We have checked that our prices remain aligned with those of schools in neighboring municipalities (municipal and free). And that’s exactly the case“. And the mayor explains that pupils from other municipalities also attend establishments in Perwez.”Hence the application of a true cost, rather than taxation affecting all our constituents, which would not be normal!“
Salt addition
For the grandmother of a child educated at the municipal school of Perwez, the addition is however too salty. “It’s exaggerated ! My daughter can’t pay anymore!“For her part, Stéphanie Vase, director of the municipal school of Perwez, recalls that last year, parents preferred to switch to sandwiches because of the previous price increase. Some parents may have to seek the help of the IT IS NOT.
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