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Teachers and community urge board not to cut high‑school physical education requirement
Summary
At the Jan. 12 meeting dozens of teachers and community members urged the board to retain a full high‑school PE credit, warning that reducing the graduation requirement to a half credit or cutting PE staffing would hurt student health, safety and the district’s appeal to families and future educators.
Teachers and residents urged the Grand Forks School Board on Jan. 12 to preserve the district's high‑school physical education requirement after administrators listed a half‑credit PE reduction as one of several cost‑saving concepts.
Michelle Creamers, a Red River High School physical‑education teacher, said reducing required high‑school PE to a half credit would leave many students with structured movement for only one semester across four years and…
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