Box Elder joins Breakfast After the Bell program

Staff and wire report

Children in Box Elder schools now have a better opportunity to have a breakfast thanks to more than $28,000 in grant funding from private entities to implement the Breakfast After the Bell program.

The program shifts the time breakfast is served so students can eat a meal during or between morning lessons rather than in the cafeteria before classes begin, a release from the Montana governor’s office said. After incorporating breakfast into the morning schedule, schools see student participation in the breakfast program increase by double or more.

“Starting the s...