A6- The Terface Standard, Wednesday, October 8, 2003 al program feeds 200 a day One-third of student body lines up for morning toast By ROD LINK SEVERAL STUDENTS scribble a note of appre- ciation and plop it into a cardboard box marked “thank you,” Beside them, other stu- dents crowd in to grab thick, white slices of toast on small styrofoam plates and slices of orange... ©. It’s 8:15 a.m. and it's busy at the canteen alcove.. in the hallway beside the library at Caledonia Sec- ondary School, “Look,” says teacher Terri Ryan, who serves up the toast with the help of two students. “Every time a bus pulls up, a new wave comes in,” By the time the bell rings at 8:29 a.m. for the first class of the day, an estimated 200 students will have had breakfast at the school, That’s a startlingly high number given the school’s total population of around 565 students. For a lot of those stu- dents eating breakfast it's about economics and liv- ing circumstances, says Ryan. She’s one of several teachers who took over the program after the school counsellor who set it up this past spring lost her job because of budget cuts. “Last year we had stu- dents leaving in the after- neon to go to the soup kitchen,” she says. An informal survey last year revealed that as many as one in 10 students were supporting themselves. This year, a show of hands in one of Ryan’s classes determined that seven of 30 students were either living on their own ot were on some type of social assistance. And there’s a growing trend of parents moving away to find work, leaving their children to either live on their own or with adds. She shops every Sun- day, spending about $190 each time for bread, fruit, juice and muffins in an at- tempt to alternate the fare, There’s margarine for the toast. “But I always run out before the end of the week,” said Ryan. Breakfast or lunch pro- grams are nothing new for Caledonia principal Bruce Daniels, who has seen them operate in many places over the years he has taught. But ones that operate at secondary schools are re- latively new for Daniels. It's important that any meal program be open to everybody to avoid sing- ling out students whe can’t afford food, Daniels added. “We know there is a need because we know students weren’l petling a} proper start for the day,” ANNA BAUER, leit, and Eden Oliver are hard at work preparing breakfast for fellow Caledonia Sen- ior Secondary students. The program, through grants and donations, feeds an average. of 200 students each morning. It was started late last spring and returned with the new schoo! year. at his school is a reflection of the economy, Daniels added, “This is the worst I've ever seen with the down- turn in the economy,” said Daniels, whose teaching career dates back to the 1960s, The breakfast program was started late in the school year lasi year, fi- nanced by a $700 grant provided through The Fa- mily Place. This fall the school is picking up the cost while it waits for a $2,000 che- que to arrive from a natio- nal organization called DASH, which relies on corporate donations. Ryan said students do contribute whatever they can and that there has been support from some parents. She said teachers do notice that students are more attentive in morning classes because they have had something to eat. 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