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Policy Committee approves revised school wellness policy; limits homemade classroom foods
Summary
The Policy Committee of the Whole approved revisions to policy JGB on Sept. 2, aligning the district’s school wellness policy with state and federal guidelines and clarifying that most classroom food must be prepackaged; the committee said the changes will not alter current practices or approved fundraisers.
On Sept. 2 the Policy Committee of the Whole approved revisions to policy JGB, the district’s school wellness policy, adopting state and federal guidance and clarifying how schools should handle food at events and recess/physical-activity minutes. The committee voted to adopt the revisions after a brief presentation and questions from members.
A district staff member who presented the revisions said the document “took all the regulations and not only added them, but they kinda made an adjustment to where they fit the needs of [the] school system” and that adoption “will not impact anything that we are doing currently at our schools.” The presenter thanked Carolyn McPherson, identified in the meeting as the district dietitian, and noted Kendra Reed contributed to the revisions but was not in attendance.
The updated policy explicitly restricts…
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