The DPS Commission on School Nutrition and Physical Activity will meet Tuesday, July 13 with a presentation of the district’s nutrition program as the main focus of the agenda. Donna Wittrock, Executive Director of the DPS Food and Nutrition Services and President of the American School Food Service Association, will lead the presentation.

The meeting will be held in the first floor board room at the administration building, 900 Grant St., from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. The meeting is open to interested community members.

Also on the agenda is a report from the subcommittee on research, headed by Dr. David Kaplan, a pediatrician who specializes in adolescents at Children’s Hospital.

The 20-member commission was created by the Board of Education to propose recommendations for: 1) nutritional standards and their implementation for all food and beverages in DPS schools and facilities; 2) nutrition education for DPS students; and 3) appropriate outcomes measurements. The commission is also charged with reviewing and revising as necessary DPS standards and implementation for physical education and determining the feasibility of its own recommendations as they pertain to costs, funding and sustainability.

The commission is co-chaired by Board member Elaine Gantz Berman and Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Washington, a prominent pediatric cardiologist from Colorado who, among many other regional and national appointments, is co-chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics National Task Force on Obesity. Recommendations are expected by December 2004.

Agendas, minutes and committee proceedings are posted on the web at www.dcsnpa.dpsk12.org; for more information please contact Laura Museo lmuseo@scasunshine.com or 303-433-7053.