BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Meal prices for students in Bladen County have been approved for the 2013-2014 school year after getting the green light from board members, according to the Bladen County School System’s website.

Prices for lunches are slightly higher than the previous school year -- the proposal for the prices was based on the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 and requested a price increase on paid and adult lunches. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act requires a price increase based on the USDA Lunch Paid Equity tool. 

The following are the approved prices:

BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) – An eighth grade student from East Arcadia School recently won the annual Bladen County Schools Spelling Bee, according to the Bladen County School system’s website.

Tamara Moore won after correctly spelling the winning word “rotisserie,” which gave East Arcadia its third consecutive win.

BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) – A New Bern author’s daughter recently donated some of her mom’s books to Bladen County schools, according to the school system’s website.

Mindy Goldsmith, a Bladen County resident, donated books authored by her mom, Joan Carris. Carris is planning on moving to Charlottesville, VA soon. To help with moving so many books, she decided to donate them to the school system.