MADISON – Several recent studies show that many children do not
eat a nutritious breakfast every morning. “Studies conclude that
students who eat school breakfast at the start of the school day
show a general increase in math and reading scores, as well as
improvement in their speed and memory on cognitive tests,” said
Boone County School Superintendent John Hudson. Hudson says
often families are living on very tight budgets and can’t afford
to provide good breakfasts at home every day, nor the money to
buy them at school. “Regardless of income, families today live
busy lives that often make it difficult to sit down long enough
in the morning to eat a nutritious breakfast,” he said.
“Sometimes children are not physically capable of eating
breakfast at home when they first wake up. Other children may
have long commutes to school or long periods between breakfast
at home and school lunch, making breakfast at school an
important option.” Now, for the first time, all students at
Boone County public schools will r