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Trustee adds amendment to wellness policy to say recess should not be used as punishment
Summary
Trustee Fontenot Ridley successfully submitted an amendment to the wellness policy clarifying that recess and unstructured physical activity should not be 'imposed upon' students as punishment.
The Knox County Board of Education adopted an amendment to the district wellness policy (I440) on June 5 clarifying that unstructured physical activity at recess should not be used as punishment.
Miss Fontenot Ridley offered the amendment (referred to as version 2), asking the policy to include language "nor imposed upon" to prevent recess from being used as a punitive measure. She said her concern came from…
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