"In addition to these jobs, administrators suggest cutting the subsidy to the food services program by $100,000." SUBSIDY: financial assistance granted by a government or philanthropic foundation to a person or association for the purpose of promoting an enterprise considered beneficial to the public welfare. Cutting a "subsidy"? That sounds like they are giving the money back to the government? What I think it means is that it is one more program that is unfunded or underfunded and the district has been paying for yet cannot afford. Which does this mean to MDUSD?