Fairly easy program to implement Food and trash waste seldom an issue * Survey responses from Wisconsin teachers who serve breakfast in the classroom, reveal that little or no instructional time loss was associated with serving breakfast in the classroom. Furthermore, responses indicate that student performance, behavior and mood increased while teachers’ workloads did not change or improved since implementing breakfast in the classroom. Quick Guide to School Breakfast Program Financial Models Breakfast Description Where Does When Does it Effects and Model it Work Best? Work Best? Considerations Elimination As the name Elimination of Elimination Eliminating the of Reduce implies, this reduce price of Reduce Reduce Price Price model entails breakfasts can Price Breakfast Breakfast eliminating the work in any breakfasts category will reduce price school; big or works best increase category. small schools, when you participation in Therefore rural or urban have a high your breakfast student who schools as percentage program qualify for reduce well as in high of free and overall, price meals middle or reduce price especially would not pay for elementary qualifying among reduce breakfast, they schools. students in price breakfast would eat your school. qualifying breakfast free. Elimination students. This would of Reduced Elimination of translate into the Price Reduced Price school having breakfast Breakfast will just two works best increase your categories of when you school lunch students: paying notice a low participation. students and participation Schools must student that eat rate among still keep track for free. students or breakfast who qualify participation by for Reduced category since Price Meals. they will receive federal reimbursements
Fairly easy program to implement Food and trash waste seldom an issue * Survey responses from Wisconsin teachers who serve breakfast in the classroom, reveal that little or no instructional time loss was associated with serving breakfast in the classroom. Furthermore, responses indicate that student performance, behavior and mood increased while teachers’ workloads did not change or improved since implementing breakfast in the classroom. Quick Guide to School Breakfast Program Financial Models Breakfast Model Description Where Does it Work Best? When Does it Work Best? Effects and Considerations Elimination of Reduce Price Breakfast As the name implies, this model entails eliminating the reduce price category. Therefore student who qualify for reduce price meals would not pay for breakfast, they would eat breakfast free. This would translate into the school having just two categories of students: paying students and student that eat for free. Elimination of reduce price breakfasts can work in any school; big or small schools, rural or urban schools as well as in high middle or elementary schools. Elimination of Reduce Price breakfasts works best when you have a high percentage of free and reduce price qualifying students in your school. Elimination of Reduced Price breakfast works best when you notice a low participation rate among students who qualify for Reduced Price Meals. Eliminating the Reduce Price Breakfast category will increase participation in your breakfast program overall, especially among reduce price breakfast qualifying students. Elimination of Reduced Price Breakfast will increase your school lunch participation. Schools must still keep track or breakfast participation by category since they will receive federal reimbursements
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