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School health advisory committee urges standardized 45-minute recess, limits on using recess as punishment
Summary
The district—s School Health Advisory Council, chaired by Becky Laswell, recommended four actions including opioid education updates, community health fairs, clearer human development/sex-ed consent communications, and a policy requiring 45 minutes of unstructured recess for pre-K through grade 5 that should not be removed as punishment.
The Round Rock ISD School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) presented four recommendations to trustees, with its most consequential call asking the district to adopt a policy guaranteeing 45 minutes of unstructured recess for all students in pre-K through grade 5 and prohibiting the removal of recess for academic reasons or punishment.
Becky Laswell, SHAC chair, told the board the proposal was based on national and Texas research linking longer, split-day recess to improved physical and mental health and, in some…
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