Dr. Hayek, Crete Public Schools’ chief academic officer, briefed the board on progress toward revising K–12 physical education and health curriculum and on the standards the district plans to use.

He said Nebraska Revised Statute 79-7601.02 governs adoption of state-approved content-area standards but applies to core areas (reading, writing, math, science and social studies) and does not compel boards to adopt standards in other areas. He added the district chose to be transparent about the standards it aligns to for PE and health even though board adoption is not required for those subjects.

Hayek said the district will align physical education to the Nebraska Department of Education’s 2016 physical-education standards and align health education to SHAPE America’s 2024 national health standards. He summarized the high-level structure of each: the NDE PE standards are organized around five areas (movement skills, movement concepts/strategies, health-related fitness, responsible behavior, and activity benefits) and SHAPE America’s health standards cover eight topic areas such as analyzing influences on health, accessing valid resources and using decision-making strategies.

Hayek described an internal analysis of current scheduling and instruction at the middle-school level (students currently rotate PE and health on alternating days) and said the curriculum committee is considering whether to offer PE every day for certain grades and concentrate health instruction differently at upper middle-school grades. He said the committee reviewed eight resource options during a recent professional development day and will return to the board in spring 2026 with resource recommendations and any master-schedule changes.

Board members did not take formal action during the report; Hayek invited questions and said the district’s committee judged these proposed standards to have few controversial topics outside of standard units such as substance-addiction content in middle school.

Ending: The board will see resource-adoption recommendations in 2026 and any requested changes to course descriptions or master schedules prior to formal adoption.