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SHAC recommends removing health as CFISD graduation requirement; surveys and turnout split trustees
Summary
The school district’s School Health Advisory Committee voted 5–4 to recommend dropping health as a required high-school course while keeping it as an elective; district surveys of parents and students showed mixed results and trustees debated where required TEKS would be covered if the requirement is removed.
The Cypress-Fairbanks ISD School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) recommended on Dec. 3 that health be removed as a local high-school graduation requirement and retained as an elective; trustees received the recommendation during Monday’s work session and discussed survey results, quorum and where health-related TEKS would be taught if the requirement is lifted.
SHAC co-chair Essence Castro told trustees the committee reviewed the health-course content, parent and student survey results and discussed how required topics would be reassigned if the board accepted SHAC’s majority recommendation. “After…
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