SEQUIM — School leaders approved Sequim’s version of a new nutrition and physical fitness policy Monday, joining schools across the state in promoting exercise and restricting unhealthy on-campus eating.
The policy differs slightly from one approved recently by the Port Angeles School Board, which prohibited foods with “minimal nutritional value” from being available on campus until 30 minutes after the end of the last lunch period.
Sequim’s policy says that such foods will be “regulated according to district procedure,” which allows school principals to adopt guidelines appropriate to their schools, Superintendent Garn Christensen said.
The policy also retained language calling for students in first through eighth grades to complete an “average of 100 instructional minutes per week of physical education.”
It also struck earlier draft language calling for 20 minutes a day of aerobic activity for middle school students.