It's unlikely inflation has had no impact on you or your budget and whether you handle your household's money or own a business, inflation is touching just about everyone.

That would include schools and leaders doing what they can to manage the increase in expenses. Mt. Pulaski Schools Superintendent Fred Lamkey indicates one thing that has provided his district with somewhat of a buffer is the co-op partnerships they have for things like electricity.

Increasingly in the last couple of decades, schools have been charged with feeding children more meals than just lunch, and the things they are mandated to feed kids have grown as well. Lamkey says those rising costs, again, have forced them to get creative.

According to Lamkey, the costs of gas are costs they are just going to have to deal with but again points out there are options for co-op opportunities.

Like other sectors of society, schools are feeling the impacts of inflation but they are taking up some initiatives this summer to help those in the Mt. Pulaski community impacted by the rising costs of everything.