The Ferguson-Florissant School District received a Gold award from the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) and the Midwest Dairy Council for increasing the number of students receiving school breakfast. The $4,000 award will be used for health and wellness activities in the district.
All Missouri public, charter and private school districts participating in the national school lunch program were automatically entered in the challenge and were categorized into one of four tiers based on district enrollment. Winners were determined as the top school districts in each of the four tiers with at least a 20 percent increase in daily school breakfast participation per child enrolled. The Ferguson-Florissant School District won the Gold award in the Tier One category of districts with 10,000 or more students enrolled.
“Research strongly supports the impact a healthy breakfast has on student success,” said Dr. Art J. McCoy, superintendent of the Ferguson-Florissant School District. “We are proud to help ensure all children in the Ferguson-Florissant School District have access to a healthy breakfast at school.”