Good nutrition is critical to student achievement. Compare the costs of a lunch brought from home with the lunch prices and you will see that the school lunch is a bargain. Parents may prepay for school meals for the month, week, or day. Parents may specify how payments are to be used by their children. Free and reduced price lunches are available to students unable to pay the full price of meals according to criteria based on household size and income.
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Often students simply don't have enough time in the morning to eat breakfast at home and go to class without eating anything at all. A hungry child just cannot concentrate on learning. A school breakfast is planned to provide the nutrients your child needs for his or her developing body and mind, and for the energy to keep going until lunch. Teachers observed increased attentiveness, motivation, self- discipline and concentration in students who participate in the School Breakfast program. Studies have found that children who ate breakfast make fewer mistakes and better grades.