Another key component of the legislation would require elementary schools to serve free
breakfast in the classroom in schools with moderate or high concentrations of poor children.
Common barriers to implementing
breakfast in the classroom include a lack of understanding about the program among stakeholders, as well as funding and equipment challenges.
Serving
breakfast in the classroom means that time can be counted toward the structured learning time requirement, while also ensuring kids have access to a nutritious morning meal.
Once the program is launched school - wide, more than 740 students at Southern will participate in the free
breakfast in the classroom program, allowing them to reap the nutritional and academic benefits associated with a morning meal.
«Serving school breakfast — especially through alternative options such
as breakfast in the classroom and grab «n» go — is possibly the easiest, most cost - effective and most directly helpful step schools can take to improve school and student wellness.»
«When we can pilot [
breakfast in the classroom] and show other teachers and administrators how successful it is, that seems to really help,» she advised.
«We're very hopeful that as time goes on and people hear more about
[breakfast in the classroom], we'll see growth,» continued Fillmore.
Expertise, tools and grants for school nutrition directors — including funding for programs
like breakfast in the classroom, grab - and - go kiosks, smoothie bars and more.
We also talked to folks in other parts of the country, like New Mexico, about
what breakfast in the classroom is doing to help them combat food insecurity in their districts.
We are going to be keeping tabs on the five school districts previously mentioned and helping them tell their stories as they implement universal
breakfast in the classroom pilot programs.
My LAC 2011 experience was so powerful, and I know that ANC 2011 will also have a huge impact on the way that I understand issues like food security, farm - to - table, sustainability, meal patterns, and of
course breakfast in the classroom.
Serving
breakfast in the classroom emphasizes inclusion and camaraderie, and helps to remove the stigma often associated with school breakfast, that it's only for «low - income» students.
When everyone feels heard, when challenges have been presented and addressed, when everyone has a chance to review the best available data in order to make the best decision for the students — that's how
breakfast in the classroom becomes a sustainable program.
In Houston,
breakfast in the classroom remains a highly controversial issue among some parents, and it appears from the Tribune's reporting that the same arguments against in - class breakfast are being made in Chicago.
After receiving a Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant in SY 2012 - 13, a number of CCSD schools implemented breakfast - in - the - classroom; by the time Pettit arrived, the district was serving
breakfast in the classroom using a variety of delivery methods, from direct delivery to Grab - n - Go, in about 35 - 40 schools.
After some initial resistance, Mr. Brown says that his teachers now
love breakfast in the classroom and the ability it gives them to bond with their students in a new way; the teachers like connecting the children to good nutrition.
The new Breakfast in the Classroom Resource Center has everything you need to help and guide you as you
bring breakfast in the classroom to the children in your district.
Take a look at our recent blog post on school breakfast and
breakfast in the classroom resources for school nutrition professionals to learn more about how alternate delivery models and CEP can help you implement BIC and make it sustainable.
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