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SUPERINTENDENTS’ CHALLENGE HONORS
KERNVILLE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR WELLNESS PROGRAM
SAN DIEGO—June 28, 2006 – Kernville Union School District’s exemplary wellness policy that addresses California’s growing childhood obesity epidemic serves as a state model, according to the California Superintendents’ Challenge.
Kernville Union School District adopted its current 2006 Wellness Policy after an early determination of the importance of student health. Kernville Union School District partnered with the California Nutrition Network in 1998 and developed a proactive approach to student wellness. In 2004, the board adopted a restructured nutrition services policy that ensured all food on campus would be proportional to student age levels, and compliant to Senate bill 19, which set nutritional standards for food sold in schools.
“An advisory council of students, parents and community partners was created to discuss and recommend programs and policies to the administration,” said Tammy Anderson-Wise, award presenter and director, program services for Dairy Council of California. “Having an advisory council in place ensures the best possible solutions to student health concerns, and this really helped Kernville Union School District stand out.”
Each year the challenge involves the California Department of Education, California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness, and Dairy Council of California teaming up to acknowledge and promote the important work schools are doing to address student health and well-being.
SUPERINTENDENTS’ CHALLENGE
“The challenge invites local school districts across California to improve the health of their students through the development and implementation of policies that promote proper nutrition and physical activity,” said State Sen. Tom Torlakson, California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness chair.
Other districts honored for their wellness policies include Stanislaus Union School District of Stanislaus County and Jefferson Union High School District of San Mateo County.
The challenge is a public-private endeavor funded entirely by donations, as a nonprofit project of the Public Health Institute. Experts in the field of health, nutrition, physical activity and education volunteer their time and resources to the challenge every year. To learn more about the challenge, visit www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/ch.>
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