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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the point of this law if no school complies? While I can see that some schools may struggle because of lack of space, it can't be that difficult for all schools.  At least make a gesture for 2 PE periods a week even if you can't meet the 2.5 hour requirement. Schools can also get creative with incorporating movement throughout the school day. It's a cop out to say that it's impossible to achieve. Kids need exercise and down time. These are kids after all.[/quote]

Money - they'd have to hire more PE teachers. [/quote]

Exactly. Just do the math: for each space available for PE, you have 7 standard periods per day (6 classes plus lunch/recess). The teacher needs to take lunch so really 6 classes per day can use one PE space and one PE teacher. So one teacher + one PE space = 30 (40-45 min.) classes per week. Each of your classrooms needs between 3 and 4 periods of PE per week to comply with HSA. The largest elementary schools, with 4 and 5 classes per grade (excluding PK) have 30 classrooms and so would need space and PE teachers to run between 90 and 120 PE classes per week. But they each have one gym and one PE teacher, and so can only manage 30-35 classes, depending on how long of a lunch break they can give the PE teacher in a day.

Also, presently, every minute of the day is accounted for, so for each classroom, what are you going to eliminate to fit in those additional 2-3 PE classes?[/quote]

Mary Cheh should be sued for legislative malpractice for writing this law. And the rest of he Council shouldn't have passed it.

The title of the law sounds great but it is impractical and unachievable. Schools should 'do the right thing' as Grosso said to the Post? How exactly. [/quote]

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