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District 97 board approves submission of three‑year physical‑education waiver after public comment
Summary
After public testimony from teachers, parents and a recent student, the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education voted to approve submitting a three‑year waiver request to state authorities to allow a new middle‑school master schedule that reduces physical‑education minutes.
The Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education voted to approve submitting a three‑year waiver request to state authorities that would permit a revised middle‑school schedule that reduces the frequency and total minutes of required physical education and alters health‑education delivery.
Teachers, a retired educator and a recent graduate urged the board not to approve the waiver and warned of lost instructional time. Jeff Featherstone, a physical‑education teacher at Julian Middle School, said the new schedule reduces PE from 75 minutes to 50 minutes on the days it meets and “students…
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