Breakfast at School

[Anonymous]

I am glad that they serve breakfast for everyone. I can also understand that parents might be concerned about the quality of the food that is being provided.

[Anonymous]

It's a mandated part of the Healthy Schools Act. All DC public & charter schools serve free breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Yes it's normal here. Feed your kid her normal breakfast at home, and she will decide if she wants a second breakfast when it is offered to her. Done. Stop worrying.

[Anonymous]

The free breakfast at my kid's school is tasty. Examples from the menu:

scrambled eggs with broccoli, tortilla and peaches
oatmeal and roasted fruit, fresh kiwi
scrambled eggs and wholewheat pancake

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC has universal free breakfast--every school offers it for free, regardless of student family income makeup.

This is different than lunch.

Lunch is free at Title I schools--so if x% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school, everyone gets it for free. If the school is not Title I, those who qualify for free/reduced price receive it, other students have the option to buy lunch.

We were told differently at the open house we attended for our IB school. Every DCPS may prepare breakfast on site, but not every school serves it in class, and we were told that it is only free to qualifying children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The free breakfast at my kid's school is tasty. Examples from the menu:

scrambled eggs with broccoli, tortilla and peaches
oatmeal and roasted fruit, fresh kiwi
scrambled eggs and wholewheat pancake

Yum!

[Anonymous]

What happens at WOTP schools, do any kids eat breakfast at school only?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has universal free breakfast--every school offers it for free, regardless of student family income makeup.

This is different than lunch.

Lunch is free at Title I schools--so if x% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school, everyone gets it for free. If the school is not Title I, those who qualify for free/reduced price receive it, other students have the option to buy lunch.

We were told differently at the open house we attended for our IB school. Every DCPS may prepare breakfast on site, but not every school serves it in class, and we were told that it is only free to qualifying children.

Breakfast is free for all DCPS and charter schools because the Healthy Schools Act mandates it. Lunch is not automatically free though unless you are at a community eligibility FARM school (which includes some, but not all, title 1 schools).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has universal free breakfast--every school offers it for free, regardless of student family income makeup.

This is different than lunch.

Lunch is free at Title I schools--so if x% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school, everyone gets it for free. If the school is not Title I, those who qualify for free/reduced price receive it, other students have the option to buy lunch.

We were told differently at the open house we attended for our IB school. Every DCPS may prepare breakfast on site, but not every school serves it in class, and we were told that it is only free to qualifying children.

Your school is breaking DC law. It MUST, by statute, be offered to all children. They could lose funding for not providing it (and pocketing the funding). It's fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has universal free breakfast--every school offers it for free, regardless of student family income makeup.

This is different than lunch.

Lunch is free at Title I schools--so if x% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school, everyone gets it for free. If the school is not Title I, those who qualify for free/reduced price receive it, other students have the option to buy lunch.

We were told differently at the open house we attended for our IB school. Every DCPS may prepare breakfast on site, but not every school serves it in class, and we were told that it is only free to qualifying children.

our JKLM school has free breakfast each morning for whoever child shows up for breakfast. my kids don't get it because they have breakfast at home and usually get to school a few minutes before school starts, but breakfast is served every morning, I believe after 8am (school starts at 8.35)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has universal free breakfast--every school offers it for free, regardless of student family income makeup.

This is different than lunch.

Lunch is free at Title I schools--so if x% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school, everyone gets it for free. If the school is not Title I, those who qualify for free/reduced price receive it, other students have the option to buy lunch.

We were told differently at the open house we attended for our IB school. Every DCPS may prepare breakfast on site, but not every school serves it in class, and we were told that it is only free to qualifying children.

our JKLM school has free breakfast each morning for whoever child shows up for breakfast. my kids don't get it because they have breakfast at home and usually get to school a few minutes before school starts, but breakfast is served every morning, I believe after 8am (school starts at 8.35)

PP, do you have to get in to beforecare to use this service or can you just drop off your child even if you aren't signed up for beforecare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has universal free breakfast--every school offers it for free, regardless of student family income makeup.

This is different than lunch.

Lunch is free at Title I schools--so if x% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school, everyone gets it for free. If the school is not Title I, those who qualify for free/reduced price receive it, other students have the option to buy lunch.

We were told differently at the open house we attended for our IB school. Every DCPS may prepare breakfast on site, but not every school serves it in class, and we were told that it is only free to qualifying children.

our JKLM school has free breakfast each morning for whoever child shows up for breakfast. my kids don't get it because they have breakfast at home and usually get to school a few minutes before school starts, but breakfast is served every morning, I believe after 8am (school starts at 8.35)

PP, do you have to get in to beforecare to use this service or can you just drop off your child even if you aren't signed up for beforecare?

Breakfast at every school is for everyone, not just those in before care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has universal free breakfast--every school offers it for free, regardless of student family income makeup.

This is different than lunch.

Lunch is free at Title I schools--so if x% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the school, everyone gets it for free. If the school is not Title I, those who qualify for free/reduced price receive it, other students have the option to buy lunch.

We were told differently at the open house we attended for our IB school. Every DCPS may prepare breakfast on site, but not every school serves it in class, and we were told that it is only free to qualifying children.

our JKLM school has free breakfast each morning for whoever child shows up for breakfast. my kids don't get it because they have breakfast at home and usually get to school a few minutes before school starts, but breakfast is served every morning, I believe after 8am (school starts at 8.35)

PP, do you have to get in to beforecare to use this service or can you just drop off your child even if you aren't signed up for beforecare?

Not PP, but we do not have before care at our school (Murch). You can pay for before care at the church next door if you get a spot though. You may not drop off at school until 8:15. Students may not enter the building until 8:37 unless they are having breakfast. Breakfast is trucked in in the morning and served off of a cart in the hallway (no kitchen or cafeteria in the school); the 15 or so students (out of 630) who choose to have breakfast it eat it at a table in the hallway before the bell rings. I have no idea what the official rule is for supervision, but there are usually a few adults at or near the table. Everyone is allowed to have the free breakfast. Most kids eat at home and then play on the playground until the bell rings. Some kids will run by and grab a muffin when those are served though

[Anonymous]

Why do they serve it in the classroom and not the cafeteria? Seems strange to me and like all the food trash all over the school would attract vermin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do they serve it in the classroom and not the cafeteria? Seems strange to me and like all the food trash all over the school would attract vermin.

Not all schools have cafeterias.