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    The document outlines the district's policy for lunch and recess for elementary students in grades 1 through 4. It requires a minimum of 20 minutes for seated lunch to eat and socialize, as well as 20 minutes of outdoor recess either before or after lunch. Recess must be outside except in extreme weather, in a supervised but unstructured play area. To allow for the minimum times, the total lunch period for elementary schools is set at 45 minutes, including transit times. The Superintendent is tasked with establishing procedures to implement the policy.

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    The document outlines the district's policy for lunch and recess for elementary students in grades 1 through 4. It requires a minimum of 20 minutes for seated lunch to eat and socialize, as well as 20 minutes of outdoor recess either before or after lunch. Recess must be outside except in extreme weather, in a supervised but unstructured play area. To allow for the minimum times, the total lunch period for elementary schools is set at 45 minutes, including transit times. The Superintendent is tasked with establishing procedures to implement the policy.

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    LunchRecess Board Policy Ver4

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    DPMartin
    The document outlines the district's policy for lunch and recess for elementary students in grades 1 through 4. It requires a minimum of 20 minutes for seated lunch to eat and socialize, as well as 20 minutes of outdoor recess either before or after lunch. Recess must be outside except in extreme weather, in a supervised but unstructured play area. To allow for the minimum times, the total lunch period for elementary schools is set at 45 minutes, including transit times. The Superintendent is tasked with establishing procedures to implement the policy.

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    Lunch/RecessforElementarySchoolStudents:

    Grades1Through4

    TheDistrictbelievesthatitisessentialthatelementaryagedstudentsingrades1
    through4haveaminimumof20minutesofseatedlunchtimetoprovidestudents
    withsufficienttimetoeatlunchandenjoysocializationwiththeirfellowstudents.

    The District requires elementaryaged students in grades 1 through 4 to


    participateinaminimumof20minutesofrecesseachschooldayeitherdirectly
    before or directly after their lunch period. The recess period shall be outside,
    exceptinthecaseofextremeweatherconditions,inasafeoutdoorareawithplay
    equipmentdesignatedforthatpurpose.Recessshallbeinadditionto,andnota
    substitute for, physical education class. Recess shall be supervised but shall
    largely consist of unstructured play time. Scheduling shall be conducted at the
    schoolandclassroomlevel.

    Since the District believes it is important that students have both a 20minute
    seated lunchtime and a 20minute outdoor recess, the lunch periods for all
    elementaryschoolswillbeaminimumof45minutes.Theadditional5minutes
    accounts for incidental time spent walking to the cafeteria, waiting in line to
    obtainahotlunch,andtimespentwalkingtoandfromtheoutdoorplayarea.

    TheSuperintendentshallestablishprocedurestoimplementthispolicy.

    CROSSREF.:
    6:50(SchoolWellness)

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