Gov. Steve Sisolak has lunch with Cade Christafaris, 5, from left, and Elizabeth Belger, 5, at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara, right, speaks to students as Gov. Steve Sisolak, left, eats lunch with them at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Gov. Steve Sisolak has lunch with students at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Isabella Duren, 5, peddles a bike that powers a blender to make a smoothie at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Clark County School District food services mascot Sporky high-fives students at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara, center, speaks to students as Gov. Steve Sisolak, left, eats lunch with them at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara, center, laughs with Gov. Steve Sisolak, right, as they watch children “milk” a mechanical diary cow at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program.(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Gov. Steve Sisolak talks to Blake Tary, 6, as he peddles a bike that powers a blender to make a smoothie at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program.(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Gov. Steve Sisolak peddles a bike that powers a blender to make a smoothie at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Clark County School District food services mascot Sporky high-fives students at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Melanie Thornton, a volunteer with the Dairy Council of Nevada, pours a smoothie for students at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Gov. Steve Sisolak talks to student Samar Sims, 5, in the lunch line at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Gov. Steve Sisolak has lunch with Cade Christafaris, 5, from left, Elizabeth Belger, 5, Zoe Zadina, 5, and Dylan Harpin, 5; at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Gov. Steve Sisolak has lunch with Cade Christafaris, 5, from left, Elizabeth Belger, 5, Zoe Zadina, 5, and Dylan Harpin, 5; at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara, right, greets Gov. Steve Sisolak as he eats lunch with students at Staton Elementary School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. To celebrate National School Lunch Week, the school held activities to highlight how students in CCSD receive milk produced in Nevada as part of their school lunch program. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Gov. Steve Sisolak had a very important business lunch on Tuesday — with dozens of kindergarten students at Staton Elementary School in Summerlin.
Sisolak squeezed into the kid-size tables to enjoy chicken sliders and apple slices amid the noisy lunch crowd during National School Lunch Week, a nationwide celebration highlighting nutritious meals in schools.
“It was fun to really talk to the kids and see what’s important to them, what they’re talking about, what they’re learning,” Sisolak said. “It was just a lot of fun.”
A few tables over, 6-year-old Samar Sims proudly noted that he finished all of his fresh strawberries before pondering how much money the tooth fairy may bring him for four loose teeth.
This year, the Clark County School District is also celebrating that Nevada students are receiving milk produced in-state. The Dairy Council of Nevada estimates 216 million ounces of local milk will be given to students this school year.
Last school year, nearly 70 percent of the district’s students were eligible for free or reduced-priced lunch, part of the federal government’s National School Lunch Program.
