1. Making Good Things Happen For Kids
By: Kim Carter
San Angelo ISD
Child Nutrition Director
Good morning etc.
Needing a way to increase meal participation? – Today I am going to share with you our district journey and few strategies that helped us make good things happen for our elementary students.
Discussion of our elementary breakfast in the classroom program
Began in January 2010
Completed 7 years of offering this program

2. Demographics 2015-2016 Student population 14,319
Free & Reduced 8,764 – 60% of enrollment
Employees
Budget million
Schools
Participation
Breakfast ,596
Lunch ,435
Overall ,031
Review of our demographics.
The breakfast participation seven years ago was under 2800 meals per day for all 24 school locations. It was determined that barriers needed to be eliminated that were preventing our students from having access to the most important meal of the day – Breakfast.
What did we change:
Removed the price barrier for reduced and full price students
Changed where elementary breakfast meals would be served. From cafeteria to classrooms.
Created a campus partnership involving principals, teachers, students, custodians, and food service.

3. Results of Making Good Things Happen
Stats to share:
27% of our elementary students ate a school breakfast when it was served in the cafeteria.
Now 73% of our elementary students eat a school breakfast that is served in the classroom.
Daily increase of over 3400 more elementary students are eating school breakfast per day
Annual increase of approximately 600,000 breakfast meals.

4. Best Practices Gain support from the Top
Create partnerships and buy-in of all stakeholders
Plan and anticipate the needs
Keep the menu simple and kid friendly
Be flexible and solution minded
Listen and seek feedback
Train everyone
Never give up on what you believe in
Discuss different examples of the best practices listed above.
Communication and Training – Review importance of peer to peer; pilots
Student Helpers – Assist with deliver of meals; life lessons
Simple menus – find their favorites and repeat to keep participation levels. Add a rotation of flavors to keep interest and variety, but not change the nutritional.
Solution minded – Crumble biscuits vs. a slider roll
Solution minded – Shelf stable juice vs frozen juice – resolved storage issues.
Surveys and School Breakfast Week promotions – feedback and introduction of new breakfast items.
On-line surveys and individual vote cards
Positive attitudes

5. To Accomplish Great Things
“TAKE HOME MOMENT”
To Accomplish Great Things
We must not only Act,
But also Dream,
Not only Plan,
But also BELIEVE!
Anatole France
Making this transition to breakfast in the classroom was not easy and would of not been possible with out the dedication and partnerships of many individuals. Partnerships and open communication are two key factors that helped us accomplish the results shared today.
Was all the extra work and effort worth the results we are seeing?
Most definitely! When kids stop asking what time is lunch and we removed the barriers for our most needy students to supply them the nutrition they need to learn and be successful…..it was definitely worth it.
I think the above quote sums up what it took to make good things happen for kids at SAISD. Action – Dream (Vision) – Plan – Believe!