Dumfries and Galloway Council outlines education cuts
The price of school meals could increase and teaching posts could be lost, under cost-cutting plans by Dumfries and Galloway Council.
The local authority's education department has earmarked more than £3.5m worth of cuts to spending in schools.
They include increasing the price of each school meal by 10p.
A report also outlines plans to cut 29 full-time equivalent teaching positions.
Documents for the council's education committee claim the redundancies could save £1.1m in 2016/17.
However the report warns that the move may affect the curriculum choices of some students in the region.
It said: "It may be necessary to reduce some demand/expectation around curriculum choice and insist on a minimal reasonable class size in senior school."
Councillors have also been told that the increased cost of school meals could save more than £50,000 annually.
Under the plans, meals would cost £1.85 in primary schools and in senior schools they would be £1.95 - prices that are below the national average.
Officials have warned that it could lead to a drop in uptake of school meals, which could lead to a cut in the number of hours for staff who prepare them.
A third proposal, to reduce management costs at schools by 10%, would save more than £200,000 a year.