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Wellness Promotion Policy (2.035)

Historical Timeline...

4 Adoption - 5/12/2012
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• Included the newly enacted of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 – to expand the scope of the
Wellness Promotion Policy.
• Included additional stakeholders in the development, implementation, and review.
• Required Public Updates
• Referenced to other policies that impact Wellness to provide cohesiveness across the District and
additional guidance, such as the newly adopted Tobacco Free Environment (7.19).
• Included wellness awareness on nutrition standards for snacks and physical activity in afterschool
programs.

5 Adoption - 4/22/2015
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• Required USDA Smart Snacks in Schools nutrition standards for all foods to includes vending machines.
• Required the establishment of Healthy School Teams to oversee compliance of Smart Snack legislation
and the support of the policy.
• Added “academic achievement” under the goal of nutrition education.
• Added the integration of health, nutrition, and physical education topics into various traditional
subjects in curriculum.
• Included the value of hydration, sun safety practices, relaxation and stress relieving techniques.
• Included opportunities for outside classrooms and school gardens; and incorporating these in the
designs of new construction and the renovations of schools.
• Revised language regarding asbestos and included other environmental hazards, and referenced to
other additional environmental stewardship policies such as: the Indoor Air Quality (7.195), Energy and
Water Use Conservation (7.196), Energy Conservation Incentive Program (7.1965), Waste Reduction,
Materials Reuse, and Recycling (7.197), and Animals on District Property (7.24).

“The two most powerful warriors are

patience and time.”

– Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.

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