In its first year, the Scranton School District’s breakfast in the classroom program led to a more than 65 percent increase in the number of students who eat their first meal of the day at school.
“We’re always worried that the funding is going to be cut and we know the need isn’t going down,” said Laura Wall, the executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger.
In the second year of the challenge, William Penn High School increased its breakfast participation by 14.3 percent, the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger reported.