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Board reviews student-wellness change emphasizing water and a new meal-charge regulation after federal review

Westmoreland County School Board · March 19, 2026
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Summary

Administration proposed adding a water-focused paragraph to the student-wellness policy tied to a Rev Your Bev presentation and presented a federally prompted meal-charge regulation; the nutrition office said the regulation has been accepted and will return for board action next month.

Miss Rice presented two nutrition-related policy items for board review: a student-wellness-policy addition emphasizing water access for students and a new meal-charge regulation developed after federal monitoring.

On the wellness change, Miss Rice said the Rev Your Bev organization requests language that "recognizes water" as an essential nutrient and, if the division includes that paragraph,…

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