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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Along the lines of "Make Health a one-semester class again," has anyone heard anything at all about this? My third kid is now a sophomore in an MCPS high school and back before Covid, I remember hearing during my first kid's HS years that there was a discussion on the school board about allowing students who participate in a JV or varsity sport through their high school to get credit for that so they didn't need to also take PE. Which is a completely logical idea. All three of my kids were athletes (both JV and varsity) and the number of hours spent--and the amount of physical energy exerted--in their MCPS sports far exceeded what a student will experience in a physical education class. It's ludicrous for HS athletes to have to also take PE. Is PE a state requirement? Has there been any resurrection, to your knowledge, of a conversation about this?

(And I know, if you are a HS club athlete, e.g. crew, or do something athletic outside of HS, e.g. dance, you would feel that this sort of exemption isn't fair. What can I say-- that's a tiny minority compared with the hundreds of kids who get lots of exercise as athletes in MCPS-sponsored programs.)[/quote]

You are right, not fair. The schools are too big for everyone to participate in school sponsored sports so they should offer the exemption to anyone who plays on a club team as well or not at all.[/quote]

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