Nutrition and Physical Fitness Survey
(11 questions plus comment line)

The Eastmont Board of Directors recognizes a student’s family as having the primary responsibility and influence for a student’s diet, food choices, and overall physical fitness. However, in support of State and National efforts to improve student health and reduce cultural obesity, the following draft policy goals and guidelines are under consideration for all Eastmont Schools:

1. Improve student fitness and health.
2. Encourage students to eat foods that are lower in fat, sugar, and sodium.
3. Demonstrate progress towards meeting Healthier US School Challenge recognition.
4. Provide family access to student’s health and physical fitness progress.
5. Designate March as Eastmont’s health and fitness month.

General Nutrition and Food Services Guidelines
1. Using food as a reward for appropriate behavior or academic performance is discouraged.
2. When food is distributed during school hours or sold at school events, the use of reduced sodium, sugar, and low fat food items is encouraged.
3. All school employees will remain allergy aware when selling or distributing any foods during the school day. Students in secondary schools are expected to self-manage their food choices.
4. Soda and other food items of minimal nutritional value shall not be sold to students in the eating area during meal periods.
5. All food service meal and ala-carte items shall meet current USDA requirements. No nut or peanut products will be served on field trips.
6. Food services shall use USDA commodities and local foods as much as possible, yet still meet annual fiscal goals.

Health and Physical Fitness Guidlines
1. Students shall be provided the minimum state required minutes per week of health instruction and physical fitness instruction/activities.
2. Health and physical fitness instruction shall follow a District K-12 curriculum that reflects National Best Practices.
3. Instruction and activities shall be provided by certificated teacher, or a paraeducator working under the direction of a certificated teacher. Activities may include intramural and large group type competitive or station fitness activities held during a student’s recess time.

To help evaluate these goals and guidelines we are asking parents, students, and citizens to answer the following questions:

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* 1. Which statement best describes you:

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* 2. Have you ever read our Policy 6700 Nutrition and Physical Fitness that we currently have in place?

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* 3. Do the draft goals listed above cover all areas desired of nutrition and fitness?

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* 4. What, if anything, would you add to our draft goals?

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* 5. Does your child eat at least one school provided meal a day?

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* 6. Does your child have dietary restrictions of any kind (vegetarian, gluten free, nut, diabetic)?

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* 7. If "Yes" to the previous question, do you feel safe letting your child have school lunch?

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* 8. Do you view Eastmont School District as a "Health and Nutrition Conscious" district?

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* 9. Would you use an online website that allows you access to your student's health and fitness progress?

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* 10. Health and Nutrition activities should be prioritized at Eastmont as...

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* 11. Schools, rather than parents, should be responsible for what students eat and drink while at school?

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* 12. What, if anything, would you like to see Eastmont School District do differently in regards to Nutrition and Physical Fitness?

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