CCSD Expands Grab N' Go Breakfast Program

CANTON, GA -- The Cherokee County School District’s School Nutrition program is providing a new breakfast option at select schools.

The Grab N’ Go breakfast program allows students to pick up a full breakfast as soon as they arrive at school without having to walk to the cafeteria and wait in a line there. Students receive an entrée, fruit and drink and head off to enjoy their breakfast without a wait.

The program, which is funded through grants that pay for the mobile breakfast carts, is offered at several elementary schools, with Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy starting its service this month. Clark Creek partnered with the nonprofit Atlanta Community Food Bank on the project.

Dean Rusk Middle School this week will become CCSD’s first middle school to offer the program.

Georgia Department of Education officials recently visited Clark Creek ES Academy to see CCSD’s successful program in action.

Photo 1: Clark Creek ES STEM Academy School Nutrition Manager Lisa Huskins rings up orders in the new Grab N’ Go breakfast line in the hallway as students arrive from their buses.

Photo 2: Clark Creek ES STEM Academy kindergartner Aarilyn Becerra is ready to enjoy her Grab N’ Go breakfast.

Photo 3: Georgia Department of Education staff celebrate the program’s success with CCSD and school leaders. From left to right: Clark Creek ES STEM Academy School Nutrition Assistant Manager Chandra Blackwell, GaDOE Area Consultant Linda Waters, CCSD School Nutrition Coordinator Amanda Fleming, school School Nutrition Manager Lisa Huskins, CCSD School Nutrition Director Tina Farmer and Division Facilitator Tiffany Ridley, GaDOE Area Consultant Vincent Booker, Atlanta Community Food Bank Child Nutrition Coordinator Torey Repetski, and Principal Joey Moss.

Photo credits: Cherokee County School District