Before the first bell rings, thousands of kids across Colorado line up for breakfast in their school cafeterias.

For some, that tray of eggs, fruit, and milk is the first real meal they’ve had since lunch the day before. For everyone, it’s the start of a better, more focused school day, and it has an impact that lasts much longer than a quiet stomach.

Colorado, like a growing number of states, has created programs to provide school breakfasts and lunches not just for kids who come from the neediest of families, but for every child.

There are thousands of students across Aurora’s two school districts that depend on the service, hailing from all kinds of families.

If you scratch your head about why the state would pay for lunch for some children who come from very financially comfortable

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