Since the superintendent started the initiative I have
seen breakfast participation go from around 51 - 52 percent to 56 - 57 percent.
Not exact matches
As more schools implement universal lunch and
breakfast, cafeterias are
seeing participation rates shoot sky - high, while teachers report students who are more ready to learn, and exhibiting fewer behavior problems.
Teachers, students, parents, school nutrition professionals, custodians, and administrators
saw the value in the program, which delivered on its promise to increase
participation at
breakfast.
CEP has been shown to increase school
breakfast participation by an average of 9 percent, with some school districts
seeing participation increase by as much as 37 percent.
When we change from traditional universal free
breakfast to universal free classroom
breakfast we
see a 300 to 500 % increase in
participation at that school because we have removed several barriers to
participation including the stigma of the free and reduced meal program, students who arrive at school just before the bell or who would rather play and socialize during the traditional before school
breakfast period.
«
Breakfast in the classroom is a key strategy to improving
participation in this important program, and it is exciting to
see how more and more principals are making it a priority in their schools.»