District staff propose updated school wellness policy, expand committee and clarify annual review

Madison County Schools staff presented a revised school wellness policy to the board on Feb. 6, proposing wording changes, an expanded wellness committee and procedural clarifications to align the policy with state and federal program reviews.

What staff presented Miss O’Bannon introduced the updated policy and said Danielle Mitchell, the district’s Child Nutrition Program (CNP) manager, will serve as the district’s designated wellness policy representative and coordinator. Mitchell and O’Bannon said edits mainly change prescriptive words such as ‘‘will’’ or ‘‘must’’ to ‘‘should’’ in many places…