LISD Superintendent Randy Hoyer, left, school nurse Kim Thompson and Assistant Superintendent Tony Peter served breakfast to students at Taylor Creek Elementary School during National School Breakfast Week. A number of district, city and county officials served breakfast at the three Lampasas ISD elementary schools. PHOTO BY MAT TAYLOR Lampasas Independent School District Child Nutrition Department celebrated National School Breakfast Week recently by inviting guests to help serve breakfast at local campuses.

Superintendent Randy Hoyer, Assistant Superintendent Tony Peter, Lampasas County and District Attorney Larry Allison, Lampasas Middle School Principal Dwain Brock, LMS Assistant Principals Dana Holcomb and Russell Merket, Kim Thompson (school nurse), Robert and Elaine Mott (parents), Floyd Smith (teacher) and Melanie Brooks (teacher’s aide) helped serve students.

Cafeteria managers placed stickers on breakfast plates, and students who revealed a sticker won prizes including jump ropes, hula-hoops, soccer balls, basketballs and footballs.

Lampasas ISD Child Nutrition feeds breakfast to more than 1,000 students each day, and studies have shown that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and nutrition is crucial to students’ academic performance.