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CDC Healthy Schools grant funds PE, nutrition training and water stations across Roswell schools
Summary
District officials and state partners told the board the district's Healthy Schools grant has funded physical-education training, equipment for racket sports, staff wellness activities, school gardens and quick-fill water stations in Roswell schools, and plans this year to complete adaptive PE training and one water station per campus.
Representatives of New Mexico's Healthy Schools program told the Roswell Independent School District board Aug. 12 that a CDC-funded grant in partnership with the state Public Education Department and the Department of Health has supported physical education, nutrition training and water stations across the district. The program's local coordinator said the grant has funded 8 statewide "health New Mexico" nurse sessions for local school nurses, racket-sports professional development for PE teachers (tennis, badminton, pickleball), and equipment purchases to allow…
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