District 186 Prepared To Feed Students In Wake Of New Law

Breakfast After the Bell

Matheny Withrow Elementary School in Springfield School District 186 implemented a Breakfast After the Bell program ahead of the new Breakfast After the Bell law. Under the law every public school in which at least 70% of the students are eligible for free or reduced – price meals must serve breakfast after the instructional day begins. Breakfast After the Bell goes into effect in the 2017 – 18 school year.

Click here to read Fox Illinois article on Matheny Withrow Elementary and how the students and school are benefiting from Breakfast After the Bell.