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Subcommittee advances revised wellness policy aligned with DESE and CASEL
Summary
The subcommittee reviewed a DESE-aligned wellness policy emphasizing nutrition, physical activity and social-emotional learning (CASEL) and agreed to move the updated document to the full committee for first reading to improve readability and align goals.
The Uxbridge policy subcommittee reviewed an updated wellness policy on June 5 that aligns DESE requirements with CASEL-defined social-emotional-learning elements and voted to move the document to the full School Committee for a first reading.
Members noted the district's existing wellness policy (file ADF) lacks explicit wellness goals and is less readable; the updated draft includes wellness goals, nutrition quality standards and guidance for physical activity and social-emotional learning. "They took CASEL and then put it into action statements," a member said while describing the draft's approach.
Committee members recommended asking a staff member (Lisonbee) to compare the old and new documents and to present differences to the full committee to speed adoption. A motion to move the wellness policy to the full committee for a first read was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.
