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Committee debates middle-school PE waivers, zero‑period limits and JROTC credit; asks administration for more analysis
Summary
Committee discussed reinstating middle‑school PE waivers, combining sixth‑grade health and PE under a sixth‑period day, and recognizing JROTC for PE credit at high schools; final decisions were deferred pending surveys, CFO analysis and further AR drafting.
Committee members spent substantial time on edits to Policy 5040 that would restore middle‑school PE waivers, allow greater flexibility for counting organized sports (including ASD sports) toward movement-minute requirements, and permit JROTC participation to satisfy PE credit at the high-school level.
Administrators said the proposed middle‑school changes would let sixth graders combine a quarter of health with PE into a single year‑long course to free an elective slot under a sixth‑period day. Sean Prince and Jose cautioned that…
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