NUTRITION EDUCATION
Building nutrition knowledge and skills helps children make healthy eating and physical activity
choices. The District Curriculum Director shall direct a curriculum development process that will
offer nutrition education as part of a planned, ongoing, systematic, sequential, and comprehensive
standards-based health education program. Nutrition education learner outcomes and sample
indicators/assessments will be incorporated, as appropriate, in the course curricula of Health, Physical
Education, Science, and/or Family and Consumer Science as the curricula in these subject areas are
revised in accordance with the district’s curriculum revision process. Nutrition education shall be age
appropriate and provide opportunities for students to practice their skills. The District Curriculum
Director shall inform the Board of Education Curriculum sub-committee of all curricular revisions on
an ongoing basis.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ACTIVITY
A quality physical education program is an essential component of all students’ education. Within the
limits of space and budget, the Board of Education will strive to comply with guidelines from the
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) to encourage physical activity for
students.
STUDENT NUTRITION
Food and beverages sold in district schools shall comply with the standards of the National School
Lunch Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Menu choices shall comply
with these guidelines and shall promote student nutrition by limiting total fat, saturated fat, and sodium
and meet required food components and serving sizes. The sale of coffee, tea, soft drink, or candy to
students anywhere on school premises for thirty minutes prior to the start of the National School
Breakfast or Lunch Program and until thirty minutes after the end of the program for the day is
prohibited. The school district shall make available for sale in the schools nutritious, low fat foods
and drinks whenever food or drink is available for sale to students during the regular school day. The
sale of foods of minimal nutritional value is prohibited during mealtimes.
CLASSROOM STANDARDS
During the school day, standards for all foods and beverages sold or served to students outside of the
school meal program shall meet district and United States Department of Agriculture nutritional
standards. These standards stress consumption of quality fruits and vegetables and low or non-fat
snacks. During the school day, vending machines, student stores, concession stands, school programs,
in-school fundraisers, and foods sold or distributed at other school events are to comply with all
applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
Parents are encouraged to provide their children with snacks that make a positive contribution to their
children’s diets. Schools are to limit the number of celebrations during the school year, which involve
consumption of food, to one per month in each class. Such celebrations are to include no more than
one food or beverage that does not meet the standards of the National School Lunch program of the
United States Department of Agriculture and other local, state or federal regulations set forth in this
policy. Schools shall be in full compliance with this section of this policy by the beginning of the
2008-09 school year.
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