Maryland Meals for Achievement, a research based pilot program that provides a classroom breakfast to all students in the school, began in 1998 with six schools statewide.
Harvard University researchers have determined that the classroom breakfast program has a positive impact on student achievement. Researchers from Harvard University have evaluated the project's impact on academics and behavior. They have found that classroom breakfast has a positive impact on Maryland School Performance Program (MSPAP) scores and grades. Researchers also credit classroom breakfast with improving student attendance by about two days per school year, decreasing tardiness and behavior problems, and increasing students' attention spans.
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has included $3.1 million in their “Aid to Education” budget.
Schools are eligible to participate with state funding if they have at least 40 percent of their enrollment eligible for free or reduced-price meals as of October 31st of each year.
Montgomery County began MMFA in September 1999 with one school, South Lake Elementary School in Gaithersburg. The number has now grown to 29, including 4 middle schools. Breakfast participation in the elementary schools before the pilot program was about 20% with 2 schools averaging 45%. Breakfast participation in MMFA averages 75% in the elementary schools. The middle school averaged 11% participation at traditional breakfast. Participation now in the MMFA program is running at approximately 60%.
MMFA Schools in Montgomery County:
Broad Acres Elementary
Brookhaven Elementary
Brown Station Elementary
Burnt Mills Elementary
Clopper Mill Elementary
Capt. James E. Daly, Jr. Elementary
Gaithersburg Elementary
Georgian Forest Elementary
Highland View Elementary
Jackson Road Elementary
Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle
A. Mario Loiederman Middle
New Hampshire Estates Elementary
Roscoe Nix Elementary
Oak View Elementary
Parkland Middle
Rosemont Elementary
R. Sargent Shriver Elementary
Silver Spring International Middle
South Lake Elementary
Stedwick Elementary
Summit Hall Elementary
Mark Twain School
Twinbrook Elementary
Viers Mill Elementary
Washington Grove Elementary
Weller Road Elementary
Wheaton Woods Elementary
Whetstone Elementary
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