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| - | **POLICY: JLCF\\ | + | **Policy JLCF\\ |
| - | Wellness and Nutrition Policy\\ | + | Wellness\\ |
| - | School Board Approved 08/07/17**\\ | + | Board Approved: August 18, 2025**\\ |
| - | The Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School Board (the "Board") recognizes the importance of proper nutrition and developmentally appropriate physical activity as ways of promoting healthy lifestyles, minimizing childhood obesity, and preventing other diet-related chronic diseases. The Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District (the "District") is committed to create a healthy school environment that enhances the development of lifelong wellness practices. This policy has been developed with input from students, parents, the food service director, school administrators, school board, and the public. The school principals, in conjunction with the food service director, are responsible for ensuring that each school implements this wellness policy. This objective will be accomplished with the assistance from the District's wellness committee. The food service provider will implement this policy within the fiscal and budget parameters determined by the Board. The District and related organizations (including parent organizations like PTO & boosters) will seek formal and informal opportunities to promote wellness as a part of school and community activities, including fund-raising efforts. The District encourages fundraising activities that promote physical activities and that will support | + | The Board recognizes the importance of proper nutrition and developmentally appropriate physical activity as ways of promoting healthy lifestyles, minimizing childhood obesity, and preventing other diet-related chronic diseases. The Board also recognizes that health and learner success are inter-related. It is, therefore, the goal of the Board that the learning environment positively influences a learner's understanding, beliefs, and habits as they relate to good nutrition and physical activity.\\ |
| - | children's health and school nutrition education efforts, with the goal of meeting the nutritional standards and criteria established by this policy and protocols.\\ | + | |
| - | **Wellness Committee**\\ | + | This policy outlines the District’s approach to ensuring environments and opportunities for all learners to practice healthy eating and physical activity behaviors throughout the school day while minimizing commercial distractions. This policy applies to all learners, staff and schools in the District.\\ |
| - | The District's wellness committee will meet regularly throughout the year and will facilitate collaboration among administrative and instructional staff; provide necessary technical assistance; and evaluate the results of the wellness policy. Annually, the wellness committee will review the District's existing nutritional and physical activity environment to determine whether the environment supports healthy eating and physical activity. As part of that review, the wellness committee will review nutrition and physical activity policies and programs, identify areas in need of improvement and recommend changes.\\ | + | **I. DISTRICT WELLNESS COMMITTEE.**\\ |
| - | **Nutrition**\\ | + | The Superintendent, in consultation with administration, will facilitate development of updates to the District Wellness Policy, subject to School Board approval, and will oversee compliance with the policy. In addition, the Superintendent shall designate a Building Wellness Coordinator for each school to help ensure compliance with this policy at the building level. Additionally, the Wellness Committee is charged with making recommendations relative to the objectives and requirements of Board [[imah_daily_physical_activity|policy IMAH]], Daily Physical Activity.\\ |
| - | The District food service provider will serve food and beverages that meet or exceed current nutritional regulations, and will offer a wide variety of healthy food, drink, and snack choices. All foods made available will comply with federal, state, and local food safety and sanitation regulations. The food service provider will assure that guidelines for reimbursable school meals shall not be less restrictive than regulations and guidance issued by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act (42 U.S.C.1779) and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758 and 1766), as those regulations and guidance apply to schools. The District will clearly communicate to parents and students information regarding healthy food and beverage choices and availability. The District will commit to ongoing public awareness efforts through the utilization of various media, personnel, and parent organizations to disseminate wellness/nutrition information and District practices for the benefit of the larger community.The District will meet special dietary needs in accordance with the New Hampshire Department of Education's "Special Meals Prescription Child Nutrition Program."\\ | + | The Superintendent shall convene a representative “District Wellness Committee” (or “Wellness Committee”), whose functions will include review and recommendations regarding implementation of and updates to this policy, and establishment of specific goals for nutrition promotion, education and physical activity.\\ |
| - | **Nutrition Education**\\ | + | The Superintendent or his/her designee shall serve as the Chairperson of the District Wellness Committee, and shall maintain an updated roster of Building Wellness Coordinators and other persons serving on the Committee.\\ |
| - | Schools will provide nutrition education in accordance with health curriculum guidelines as set forth by the New Hampshire Department of Education to foster lifelong habits of healthy eating and physical activity. Schools will establish linkages between health education, school meal programs and related community services. The District aims to teach, encourage and support healthy eating by students. Schools will provide nutrition education and engage in nutrition promotion to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health.\\ | + | The District Wellness Committee shall meet no less than three times per school year.\\ |
| - | **Physical Education and Physical Activity**\\ | + | The District Wellness Committee should represent each school and the diversity of the community, and to the extent feasible include the Superintendent or her/his designee, the Food Services Director, each Building Wellness Coordinator, parents, learners, physical education teachers, health education teachers, school counselors, school administrators, a school board member, outside health professionals, individual school building representatives, and members of the public.\\ |
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| + | Staff appointments to the Wellness Committee will be made by the Superintendent. The School Board Chair shall appoint the School Board member. Remaining members, other than those who are ex officio, shall be appointed and approved by the Wellness Committee.\\ | ||
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| + | As a statutory committee, the Wellness Committee shall comply with the requirements of RSA 91-A regarding meetings.\\ | ||
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| + | **II. WELLNESS POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.**\\ | ||
| - | The Board recognizes that developmentally appropriate daily physical activity, exercise and physical education are ways to minimize health risks created by chronic inactivity, childhood obesity, and other related health problems. The Board recommends that students participate in developmentally appropriate physical activity and exercise for at least 30 minutes each day as a way to minimize these health risks. The Board encourages parents/guardians to support their children's participation in enjoyable physical activities and to act as role models for active lifestyles. Physical activities may include student and staff walking programs, family fitness events, and events that emphasize lifelong physical activity. The Board encourages the integration of health and physical activity across the school curriculum, along with student-initiated activities that promote inclusive physical activity on a school-wide basis. This policy shall be in addition to and shall not be a replacement for the physical education program required by state law.\\ | + | **A. Implementation Plan.**\\ |
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| + | Each Building Wellness Coordinator, with the assistance of the Wellness Committee, will conduct a school-level assessment based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s School Health Index, using tools available through such programs as the Alliance for a Healthier Generation America’s Healthiest Schools program (link verified May 28, 2025), and to create an action plan and generate an annual progress report. The school-level assessment/report should be completed by October 30th of each school year and provided to the Superintendent.\\ | ||
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| + | **B. Annual Notification of Policy.**\\ | ||
| - | **Protocols**\\ | + | The District will annually inform families and the public of basic information about this policy, including its content, any updates to the policy, and implementation status. The District will make this information available via the district website. This information will include the contact information of the District official(s) chairing the Wellness Committee (i.e., the Superintendent or his/her designee) and any Building Wellness Coordinator(s), in addition to how the public can get involved with the District Wellness Committee.\\ |
| - | Wellness protocols will be designed and implemented by the district wellness committee to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. The wellness chair will review the wellness protocols with the school board policy committee. The school board policy committee will make a recommendation for approval of the wellness protocols every three years.\\ | + | **C. Progress Assessments.** \\ |
| - | **Legal Reference(s):**\\ | + | Periodically, administration will assess progress made in attaining the goals of the District’s Wellness Policy. |
| - | RSA 189:11-a, Food and Nutrition Programs\\ | + | The Wellness Committee will make recommendations to update the District Wellness Policy based on the results of the annual School Health Index and/or as District priorities change; community needs change; wellness goals are met; new health science, information, and technology emerges; and new Federal or state guidance or standards are issued. The recommendations should include those relating to the provisions of Board [[imah_daily_physical_activity|policy IMAH]] ,Daily Physical Activity. The Board will review and act upon such assessments as required or as the Board deems appropriate.\\ |
| - | NH Code of Administrative Rules, Section Ed 306.04(a) (15) and Ed 310.03\\ | + | |
| - | Section 204 of Public Law 108-265, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004\\ | + | |
| - | {{ :jlcf_student_wellness_policy.pdf |Download}}\\ | + | **D. Recordkeeping**.\\ |
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| + | The Superintendent will retain records related to this Policy, to include at least the following:\\ | ||
| + | ▪ The District Wellness Policy;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ The most recent assessment on the implementation of the local school wellness policy;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Documentation on how the District Wellness Policy and Policy assessments are/were made available to the public;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Documentation confirming annual compliance with the requirement that District Wellness Policy, including updates, and the most recent assessment on the implementation of the Policy have been made available to the public; and\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Documentation of efforts to review and update the District Wellness Policy; including who is/was involved in each update and methods the District uses to make stakeholders aware of opportunities to participate on the District Wellness Committee.\\ | ||
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| + | **E. Community Involvement, Outreach and Communications.**\\ | ||
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| + | The District will communicate ways in which representatives of DWC and others can participate in the development, implementation and periodic review and update of the wellness policy through a variety of means appropriate for that district. The District will also inform parents/guardians of the improvements that have been made to school meals and compliance with school meal standards, availability of child nutrition programs and how to apply, and a description of and compliance with Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards.\\ | ||
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| + | **III. NUTRITION.**\\ | ||
| + | **A. School Meals.**\\ | ||
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| + | All schools within the District participate in USDA child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program. District schools are committed to offering school meals that:\\ | ||
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| + | ▪ Are accessible to all learners; \\ | ||
| + | ▪ Are appealing and attractive to children;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Are served in clean and pleasant settings;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Promote healthy food and beverage choices; and\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Meet or exceed current nutrition requirements established by local, state, and Federal statutes and regulations. The District offers reimbursable school meals that meet USDA nutrition standards, which may be found at: https://www.fns.usda.gov/schoolmeals/nutrition-standards(link verified May 29, 2025)\\ | ||
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| + | **B. Staff Qualifications and Professional Development.**\\ | ||
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| + | All school nutrition program directors, managers and staff will meet or exceed hiring and annual continuing education/training requirements in the USDA professional standards for school nutrition professionals, which may be found at: www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/professional-standards (link verified May 28, 2025)\\ | ||
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| + | **C. Water.**\\ | ||
| + | To promote hydration, free, safe, unflavored drinking water will be available to all learners at every school.\\ | ||
| + | Learners shall be permitted to bring water bottles to school that: \\ | ||
| + | 1. Are made of material that is not easily breakable;\\ | ||
| + | 2. Have lids to prevent spills; and\\ | ||
| + | 3. Are filled exclusively with water\\ | ||
| + | School Principals may discipline learners for the misuse of water bottles, consistent with Board [[jicd_student_conduct_discipline_and_due_process|policy JICD]].\\ | ||
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| + | **C. Competitive Foods and Beverages and Marketing of Same in Schools.**\\ | ||
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| + | “Competitive foods and beverages” (i.e., foods and beverages sold and served or marketed during the school day, but outside of the school meal programs) must meet the USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards, which may be accessed at: www.fns.usda.gov/tn/guide-smart-snacks-school (link verified May 28, 2025)\\ | ||
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| + | These standards will apply in all locations and through all services where foods and beverages are sold, which may include, but are not limited to, à la carte options in cafeterias and vending machines.\\ | ||
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| + | Except as may be provided elsewhere in this Policy, any foods and beverages marketed or promoted to learners on the school campus during the school day will meet or exceed the USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards. Food and beverage marketing is defined as advertising and other promotions in schools, including, but is not limited to:\\ | ||
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| + | Corporate brand names, logos, and trademarks for companies that market products that comply with the USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards will not be prohibited because they offer some non-compliant food or beverage items in their product line. Likewise, the marketing restrictions do not apply to clothing or other examples of expression which include brand information for non-compliant food or beverage items.\\ | ||
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| + | As the District, school athletic department, and parent teacher associations review existing contracts and consider new contracts, equipment and product purchasing (and replacement) decisions should reflect the applicable marketing guidelines established by the District wellness policy.\\ | ||
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| + | ▪ Brand names, trademarks, logos or tags, except when placed on a physically present food or beverage product or its container.\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Displays, such as on vending machine exteriors.\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Corporate brand, logo, name or trademark on school equipment, such as marquees, message boards, scoreboards or backboards (note: immediate replacement of these items are not required; however, districts will replace or update scoreboards or other durable equipment when existing contracts are up for renewal or to the extent that is in financially possible over time so that items are in compliance with the marketing policy.).\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Corporate brand, logo, name or trademark on cups used for beverage dispensing, menu boards, coolers, trash cans and other food service equipment; as well as on posters, book covers, pupil assignment books or school supplies displayed, distributed, offered or sold by the District.\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Advertisements in school publications or school mailings.\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Free product samples, taste tests or coupons of a product, or free samples displaying advertising of a product.\\ | ||
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| + | **D. Celebrations and Rewards.**\\ | ||
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| + | All foods offered during the school day on the school campus will meet or exceed the USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards. Foods and beverages will not be used as a reward or withheld as punishment for any reason. The District’s School Nutrition Services will make available a list of healthy party ideas to parents and teachers, including non-food celebration ideas, and a list of foods and beverages which meet Smart Snack nutrition standards.\\ | ||
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| + | **E. Food Sale Fundraising.**\\ | ||
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| + | Foods and beverages that meet or exceed the USDA Smart Snacks in Schools nutrition standards may be sold through fundraisers on the school campus during the school day. Fundraising groups are encouraged to choose non-food fundraisers, and to consider healthy fundraising ideas. Notwithstanding this provision, each school may allow up to nine bake sales or other fundraising food sales of non-compliant foods (i.e., that do not meet Smart Snack standards), which are no more than one day in duration each.\\ | ||
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| + | **F. Nutrition Promotion.**\\ | ||
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| + | The District will promote healthy food and beverage choices for all learners throughout the school campus, as well as encourage participation in school meal programs. This promotion will include:\\ | ||
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| + | ▪ Implementation of at least 1 or more evidence-based healthy food promotion techniques in the school meal programs using methods such as those included in the Smarter Lunchroom Movement's publication: How to Build a Smarter Lunchroom (link verified May 30, 2025)\\ | ||
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| + | ▪ Ensuring 100% of foods and beverages promoted to learners during the school day meet the USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards. Additional promotion techniques that the District and individual schools may use are available through the Smart Food Planner of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, available at: https://foodplanner.healthiergeneration.org (link verified May 28, 2025)\\ | ||
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| + | **G. Nutrition Education.**\\ | ||
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| + | The District will teach, model, encourage and support healthy eating by all learners. Schools should provide additional nutrition education that: \\ | ||
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| + | ▪ Nutrition education shall be included in the health curriculum so that instruction is sequential and standards-based and provides learners with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to lead healthy lives.\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Nutrition education posters will be displayed in each school cafeteria;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Consistent nutrition messages shall be disseminated throughout the school;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Is designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ To the extent practicable is integrated into other classroom instruction through subjects such as math, science, language arts, social sciences and elective subjects; \\ | ||
| + | ▪ May include enjoyable, developmentally-appropriate, culturally-relevant and participatory activities, such as cooking demonstrations or lessons, promotions, taste-testing, farm visits and school gardens;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Promotes fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products and healthy food preparation methods;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Emphasizes caloric balance between food intake and energy expenditure (promotes physical activity/exercise);\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Links with school meal programs, cafeteria nutrition promotion activities, school gardens, Farm to School programs, other school foods and nutrition-related community services;\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Teaches media literacy with an emphasis on food and beverage marketing; and\\ | ||
| + | ▪ Includes nutrition education training for teachers and other staff. \\ | ||
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| + | **IV. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.**\\ | ||
| + | The District will provide physical education consistent with national and state standards. In addition, the District will promote developmentally appropriate physical activity as provided in Board [[imah_daily_physical_activity|policy IMAH]] Daily Physical Activity. Physical activity during the school day (including but not limited to recess, classroom physical activity breaks or physical education) **will not be withheld** as punishment for any reason.\\ | ||
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| + | **V. OTHER ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE LEARNER WELLNESS.**\\ | ||
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| + | The District will endeavor to integrate wellness activities across the entire school setting.\\ | ||
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| + | **VI. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.**\\ | ||
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| + | When feasible, the District will offer annual professional learning opportunities and resources for staff to increase knowledge and skills about promoting healthy behaviors in the classroom and school (e.g., increasing the use of kinesthetic teaching approaches or incorporating nutrition lessons into math class).\\ | ||
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| + | **District Policy History:**\\ | ||
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| + | First reading: July 21, 2025 | ||
| + | Second reading: August 4, 2025 | ||
| + | Third reading/adopted: August 18, 2025 | ||
| + | **District revision history:** Adopted May 3, 2021 \\ | ||
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| + | **NH Statutes** **Description**\\ | ||
| + | RSA 189:11-a [[https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XV/189/189-11-a.htm|Food and Nutrition Programs]]\\ | ||
| + | **NH Dept of Ed Regulation** **Description**\\ | ||
| + | N.H. Code Admin. Rules Ed 306.04(b)(15) [[https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/state_agencies/ed300.html|Behavior Management and Intervention for learners]]\\ | ||
| + | N.H. Code Admin. Rules Ed 306.10(d-g) [[https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/state_agencies/ed300.html|Food and Nutrition Services]]\\ | ||
| + | N.H. Code Admin. Rules Ed 306.31 [[https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/state_agencies/ed300.html|Health and Wellness Education Program]]\\ | ||
| + | N.H. Code Admin. Rules Ed 310 [[https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/state_agencies/ed300.html|Daily Physical Activity]]\\ | ||
| + | **Federal Regulations** **Description**\\ | ||
| + | 7 C.F.R 210 [[https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2017-07-07/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-A/part-210|National School Lunch Program]]\\ | ||
| + | 7 C.F.R 220 [[https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2017-07-07/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-A/part-220|School Breakfast Program]]\\ | ||
| + | 7 CFR § 210.31 [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/210.31|Local school wellness policy]]\\ | ||
| + | **Federal Statutes** **Description**\\ | ||
| + | 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1751|National School Lunch Act]]\\ | ||
| + | 42 U.S.C. 1771 [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1771|Child Nutrition Act of 1966]]\\ | ||
| + | Section 204 of Public Law 108-265 [[https://www.congress.gov/108/plaws/publ265/PLAW-108publ265.pdf|Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004]]\\ | ||
| + | The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/topn/healthy_hunger-free_kids_act_of_2010|The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010]]\\ | ||
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| + | {{ :policy_jlcf__wellness.pdf|Download}}\\ | ||
| [[section_j|Section J]]\\ | [[section_j|Section J]]\\ | ||
| [[start|Policy Manual]] | [[start|Policy Manual]] | ||
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