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School wants kids for over 10 hours a day, admitting to ENTICING and REWARDING kids with breakfast, lunch and now dinner
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From this article...
For Students Facing Long School Day, Supper Is Being Served
New Program Seeks To Reach Those Students Who May Leave For Homes Without Food
A free meal at school for breakfast, lunch — and dinner?
About 450 city students have been eating supper in school cafeterias as part of a government-funded meal program that may expand in Hartford and also to other Connecticut school systems this year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture gives schools about $2.99 per dinner to serve students in after-school activities that involve academics.
New London was the first school system in the state to begin serving free dinner about a year ago, and Hartford, East Hartford and New Britain started their programs last fall.
A Manchester elementary school is also in the process of being approved for the federal "at-risk" after-school meals program, according to the state Department of Education, which receives applications from schools throughout the year.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, supported by First Lady Michelle Obama, included a national expansion of the program that the USDA estimates could help an additional 140,000 children in low-income areas.
In Connecticut, school administrators hope the extra meal will entice families to consider a much longer school day. Students receiving dinner spend as many as 10 hours at school, first in classes and then in late-afternoon activities, including tutoring.
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Elizabeth Giannetta, a community school director for COMPASS, said that without the dinner, "a lot of our kids go to homes without food."
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The extra meal is "a reward in some ways, and the students are able to talk more freely with teachers," Sharry said. "It's more informal. It's almost like they're sitting at the dinner table."
Full article at [link to www.courant.com]
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