AISD sees fewer absences with ‘breakfast in the classroom’

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A program aimed at providing the most important meal of the day to thousands of students is getting a boost. And now there’s another way the state can pay for it.
Every morning at St. Elmo Elementary School in South Austin, red baskets greet students at their classroom doors. They’re packed with cereal, bacon, bread and other breakfast items.
No more going to the cafeteria for the most important meal of the day. Just this week, St. Elmo students started eating i