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Riverside Local to pilot LifeWise program at Buckeye third grade; parent permission and operational safeguards required
Summary
District staff said the LifeWise program will begin with a third-grade pilot at Buckeye and confirmed it requires parent permission; the district will provide lunches and monitor student participation.
Riverside Local administrators said the district will pilot a LifeWise program at Buckeye with third grade as the initial cohort, likely beginning this week or next and expected to scale in January. District staff said the program requires parent permission and that the district will not send materials home; administrators are working on communication and advertising procedures.
“So it pair yes. It does require parent permission. However, we don't send anything at home,” a staff member said during the meeting. The district noted that LifeWise organizers may coordinate advertising through local churches for after-school or club-based activities, similar to how other community groups are publicized.
District staff said the district will provide lunches if needed and will ensure only signed-up students leave the building for the LifeWise sessions. If a student chooses not to participate on a given day, staff said LifeWise will contact the parents. The district emphasized it will confirm attendance, parental permission and meal provision as part of operational oversight.
Administrators said they had discussed logistics with community partners and that volunteers and church-based outreach are involved in how the pilot is advertised; the district will finalize communication channels and oversight with LifeWise organizers before scaling the program.
