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High‑school health and PE lineup retooled to add outdoor and lifelong options and move CPR training to freshman year
Summary
High‑school staff proposed keeping a freshman team‑building requirement while reorganizing tenth‑grade lifelong fitness and offering new electives (Net & Racket, Lifelong Leisure Sports, Outdoor Experience) plus Unified PE to replace adapted PE; they also plan to add AHA CPR/First Aid certification in Wellness 1 (freshmen).
High‑school health and physical‑education staff presented a plan to reshuffle required and elective courses to improve scheduling flexibility and expand student options.
Presenters said freshmen would continue to take a team‑building/leadership PE course that will incorporate more strength‑training and muscle‑anatomy content pulled from the current tenth‑grade lifelong fitness requirement. For upper grades, students would be required to take two of three elective options; proposed electives include Net & Racket Games (badminton, table tennis, volleyball), Lifelong Leisure Sports (disc golf, bocce, spikeball), Outdoor Experience (conservation, fishing, other outside activities) and Unified PE (an inclusive course combining general‑education and special‑education students modeled after curricula observed in other districts).
Staff described Unified PE as replacing the existing adapted PE and noted local staff members have researched programs used in Virginia and elsewhere. They also proposed moving American Heart Association CPR/First Aid/AED training into Wellness 1 (freshman year) so students would have certification earlier and so sports‑science courses could focus on other material.
Board members asked whether the freshman required course would conflict with the increased optionality in middle school and whether scheduling would limit access. Presenters argued the random freshman team assignments and structured team work are valuable for problem solving and workplace preparedness and said they preferred maintaining the freshman requirement.
Staff said curriculum writing and most implementation costs are budgeted this year; they recommended piloting changes and monitoring enrollment data to determine whether further adjustments or course sunsetting are warranted.
