News Release
October 4, 2004
Commission On School Nutrition And Physical Activity Meets Tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 5)
The Commission on School Nutrition and Physical Activity will meet from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5 in the Board Room at 900 Grant St.
The agenda for the meeting will include the student survey and planning for the commission's retreat, among other items.
The commission is planning to make recommendations to the Denver Board of Education on Thursday, Dec. 16.
The commission is co-chaired by Denver Board of Education member Elaine Gantz Berman and Reggie Robinson, a prominent pediatric cardiologist and co-chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' National Task Force on Obesity.
The commission was created in January 2004 and given the charge of proposing recommendations to the Board 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 outcome measurements. The commission also is 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.
For more information, access the commission's website at http://dcsnpa.dpsk12.org or contact the DPS Communications Office at 720-423-3414.