Public testimony on recess

Public testimony
mother of two at Midland: "policy to create healthy environments"
"growing evidence of the impact of district-level policies on weigh status...not enough to leave it at the individual schools, there's a need for district level policies...a right, not a privilege...needs to be another solution, rather than to hold kids inside for misbehavior. Too often weather becomes a reason not be outside."
Liz Sheehan Castro: Hunger-free and Healthy
"ensures that all students in the elementary schools have a recess..have it before the lunch period rather than after the lunch period"
"reduced food waste, increased consumption of calcium and protein, decrease misbehavior, and increase time on task" to have recess BEFORE rather than after lunch
Pioneering Healthy Communities
recess before lunch, an active recess
obseity and inactivity--->diabetes
Worcester County Bank and Worcester Food Advisory Council
"that nuture the whole child...their minds, bodies, and spirits"
"we help to guarantee the learning return on our investment...how we can leverage all those resources for all our children"
Foley: recognize the need for policy change across our communities : "see this as being a first step"
recess policy HELD until next week, with the policy forwarded to principals to arrange their schedules with the assumption that the policy will be passed on the second day of school