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Board hears renewal request for PE waiver that reduces required PE time to expand electives and career pathways
Summary
Administrators said renewing the district’s PE waiver allows more elective and career-pathway options for middle- and high-school students; board members asked about minimum PE exposure, health and brain-health research, and staffing implications if the waiver is not renewed.
Elmwood Park CUSD 401 staff asked the board to consider renewing a five-year waiver that reduces the district’s in-building physical-education load so students can access electives and college-and-career pathway courses.
District presenters said the waiver, originally adopted in 2020, lets the district require two years of high-school PE (which may be spread across four years) and one year at the middle-school level, while preserving students’ option to take additional PE. Staff said that flexibility has made room in students’ schedules for year-long…
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