TLSS subcommittee: recess

Among the items on this evening's TLSS subcommittee are a proposed recess policy, consideration of the Level 4 turnaround plans, the math curriculum, and the family involvement plan.
The proposed recess plan reads as follows:

Quality education requires a healthy environment that provides students (K-6) with minimally a total of 30 minutes of recess over the course of the day. The 30 minutes can be divided into shorter breaks and shall include a break at mid-day prior to lunch. Recess is designed for purprose of engaging students in developmentally appropriate activity which promotes learning, social development, and physical health. Structured/unstructured recess shall not be taken away from students as a form of punishment/consequences. Neither shall severe exercise be used as a form of punishment/consequences for students. This time shall not be a substitute for physical education.

The School Principal is responsible for communicating, applying, maintaining, and evaluating the Recess Policy. The School Principal shall review the Recess Policy. The School Principal shall review the Recess Policy with the members of the School Site Council annually and submit results of that review to the Chief Academic Officer in May of each year.