HEALTHY SCHOOLS                                                                                  E10        

 

With respect to the treatment of the school community, the superintendent shall not cause or allow conditions that are unsafe or unhealthy.

Accordingly, the superintendent shall not:

1.     fail to educate the school community in how to maintain a healthy environment and lifestyle;

2.     allow the use of substances or products damaging to the environment or human health, unless necessary for academic studies, and then only when adequate precautions are taken to ensure their safe use;

3.     fail to engage in best practices regarding the overlapping areas of health, exercise and nutrition within the curriculum, food service, extracurricular activities and physical plant, thereby ensuring its school community members are learning, teaching and working in a healthy school environment; or

4.     allow members of the school community to contribute to known dietary-related diseases including, but not limited to, obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

 

 

Warned:    July 7, 2006

Adopted:   July 19, 2006