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Survey: Maryland Teachers say Too Many Kids Come to Class Hungry

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Thursday, August 23, 2012   

BALTIMORE - As students head back to school, Maryland teachers say children too often aren't prepared to learn. It's not a lack of pencils or paper, they say; it's a lack of food.

A survey released today by Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign finds that more than three out of five Maryland public school teachers - 63 percent - say many students don't get enough to eat at home.

Anne Sheridan, director of the Maryland No Kid Hungry campaign, says the information demonstrates the importance of school meals.

"They regularly see students in their classroom who come to school hungry, and have their teaching impacted. We think we have a solution."

The solution includes moving breakfast outside of the cafeteria, something already done in many Maryland schools through the First Class Breakfast Initiative. Sheridan says the survey boosts efforts to expand school breakfast participation.

Virginia de los Santos, principal of White Oak Middle School in Montgomery County, says they have a breakfast cart near classrooms to offer a meal to any student who wants one, and she's pleased with the results.

"The students are happy because they're eating. There's no stigma, because a lot of them are doing it. Everywhere you look, students eating. It's not just the ones that pay or just the ones that get free lunch. They're all mixed together."

Sheridan says there's often skepticism about offering alternative breakfast delivery models - but the doubts quickly disappear.

"What we've found is when schools try it, teachers love it. It really does change the culture and the process of starting the school day in positive ways."

The survey also found that 94 percent of teachers in Maryland connect breakfast to academic success and 72 percent support making breakfast free for everyone.

Full survey results are online at NoKidHungry.org/teachers.


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