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HISD’s Breakfast Program Receives Dairy MAX Grant
A good, nutritious breakfast is a key factor in students’ health and academic success. It gives them the fuel they need to learn to their full potential, and a child with an empty stomach can’t concentrate on instruction and is more susceptible to bad behavior. HISD’s campaign to make sure all children get their school day off to a good start received a generous boost on December 10, 2009, with the Board of Education’s acceptance of $100,000 from Dairy MAX, a nonprofit organization that promotes dairy products.
For more than 12 years, Dairy MAX Expanding Breakfast grants have been available to schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program. The grants help schools set up alternative ways of serving students breakfast that increase the number of children eating breakfast. Thanks to Dairy MAX’s grant to HISD, the first 100 schools to implement the First Class Breakfast Program of breakfast served in the classroom will share in the $100,000 donation. If the program is successful, more grant funds may be available in 2010.
“I want to thank Dairy MAX for its outstanding support for HISD’s efforts to make sure students get a good breakfast every day,” said Superintendent of Schools Terry B. Grier.
