Dr. Burnie L. Roper, Superintendent Mrs. Rebecca Estrada, Chief Financial Officer

Office: 210-357-5002 Office: 210-357-5005

Dr. Tonya Hyde, Assistant Superintendent for C&I Mr. Alfredo Concha, Director of Operations

Office 210-357-5003 Office: 210-357-5019

Dr. Raymon Jones, Director of Technology

Office: 210-357-5007

School Health Advisory Council

Physical Fitness and Activity Subcommittee

Lackland Elementary Conference Room

January 5, 2017, Minutes

Members in attendance are in bold print.

Angie Creedon, Bonnie Bush, Alfredo Concha, Cecilia Garcia, Amber Greeness, Elizabeth Miller, Daniel Rigney, LaTanya Sheehan, Jennifer Wever, VictoriaRios-Furlow and Meiko Richards

Guests: Coach David Cardenas, Tonya Hyde

  1. Opening Remarks – 10:50 a.m.

Purpose: TEC 28.004(1-1) The local school health advisory council shall establish a physical activity and fitness planning subcommittee to consider issues relating to student physical activity and fitness and make policy recommendations to increase physical activity and improve fitness among students.

  1. Current Status of Physical Fitness and Activity at Lackland ISD

Physical Education: Each campus exceeds the number of required minutes for physical education. At the Elementary level students are required to receive 135 minutes of structured physical activity per week. Currently, Elementary students receive 45 minutes per day, 225 minutes a week. Students in grades 6-8 are required to have physical education for a total of 225 minutes biweekly in a block schedule. Currently, 6-8th graders receive 450 minutes of physical activity biweekly for 4 semesters. High School students are required to take 1 credit of physical education during the course of their 4 years in high school. The high school students also receive 450 minutes of physical activity biweekly.

At the secondary level, all students have access to open gym, basketball, volleyball, and when safe indoor soccer and jump roping is available. Subcommittee members expressed concerns regarding high school aged students who do not have to enroll in physical education due to having completed graduation requirements. They expressed concerns that students are choosing not to engage in physical activity for many years at the secondary level. Members will attempt to access information regarding the participation of these students in athletic programs and/or physical activity opportunities. Subcommittee members discussed optional class offerings every other year to promote engagement in physical activity.

Coaches from both levels shared the outline of classroom instruction.

At the elementary level, students participate in a 45- minute class as follows:

  • Teacher led exercise
  • Discuss activity (form, safety, etc.)
  • Teams actively engage in activities while teachers monitor social aspects to include students being supportive teammates.
  • Stations are used to support student participation and engagement in a variety of activities.
  • Outdoor spaces are used as appropriate. However, obstacles include student restroom needs, ants, compromised supervision by a certified teacher when groups are in different areas (indoors and outdoors). Additional concerns include student wait time that sometimes interferes with the ability to meet the requirement for active physical activity.

At the secondary level, students participate in a 90- minute class as follows:

  • Dynamic warm-up (stretches, push-ups, sit ups)
  • Cardio – track/games
  • Activity - per scope and sequence
  • Last 20 minutes for close out and showering

Recess: Lackland Elementary School currently has daily schedules posted and implemented for daily recess and an additional allotment of time twice a week for recess, when weather and schedules allow for appropriate implementation.

Activity embedded in Instruction: Teachers have received training or have been exposed to appropriate ways to integrate movement in instructional blocks to promote engagement. Examples of strategies in use include:

I – Use of flexible seating (Hokie chairs, mobile desks, balance balls, active bands on chairs, and stand up desks)

II – Opportunities to stand or move free from interrupting others to accommodate challenges with sitting for long periods of time

III – Brain breaks using go noodle, music, and movement

  1. Committee Alignment with the Development of the District Wellness Plan Regulation

Sub-committee work aligns with the development of objectives and identified activities to be reflected in the areas related to Physical Education in FFA (Regulation). The Board of Trustees has approved FFA (Local) which includessix goals in the area of physical activity.

The committee reviewed parts of the wellness plan regulation needing input from the physical fitness and activity committee.

  1. Questions and Comments

Members of the council inquired about the possibility of providing additional certified physical education staff, opportunities to integrate physical engagement, and opportunities to engage students in outdoor physical activity.

Dr. Hyde shared potential budget restraints related to attempts to secure additional physical education teacher positions without a solid justification to support an identified need.

  1. Future Agenda Topics

Survey information regarding the number of students not enrolled in physical education at the secondary level and their level of participation in athletics and/or physical activity opportunities.

Reviewing the daily schedule to identify potential opportunities to incorporate physical activity to include transitions.

Future Meetings: February 15th, March 1st, and April 20th, 2017, at 11:00 a.m.

  1. Close of Meeting – 12:30 p.m.