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SFUSD board adopts broad wellness policy tightening nutrition, physical activity and fundraising rules
Summary
After months of committee work and public input, the board adopted a comprehensive wellness policy (P5167) that strengthens nutrition guidelines, phases out chocolate milk, expands access to drinking water and prohibits withholding recess as discipline. The policy includes monitoring and an implementation grant-funded outreach effort.
The San Francisco Unified School District board on April 28 adopted a comprehensive wellness policy (P5167) intended to raise nutrition and physical-activity standards, enhance student and staff wellness, and close loopholes the district said had limited effectiveness in earlier policies.
Executive director Orla O'Keefe and staff described the 14-page policy as a collaborative effort involving students, parents, staff and City & County health partners. The policy includes…
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