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Board reviews student wellness policy tied to USDA rules; trustees press on recess restrictions and local food use
Summary
Trustees examined draft student nutrition and physical activity policy (5040) that consolidates federal USDA wellness requirements and triennial assessment obligations; questions focused on language about withholding recess as discipline, removing 'prevent childhood obesity' in favor of 'promote student wellness,' use of local Alaskan food, and a reinstated policy line about free drinking water after an audit finding.
Miss Dillard presented policy 5040, a comprehensive student wellness policy required to meet federal USDA child nutrition funding regulations and including a triennial assessment process.
Miss Carol Hubbard asked whether language stating the district would "minimize" withholding physical activity meant canceling recess and whether teachers could keep students in for recess after classroom misbehavior. Miss Dillard said the policy discourages using recess as…
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