Orange County Grand Jury
• 2003-2004
• Agency Response
Response to:
Childhood And Adolescent Obesity: Making The Orange County Schools Part Of The Solution 06/08/04, 275K
Board of Education Laguna Beach Unified School District El Hathaway, President*
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F4, F6
Findings and Recommendations 4 findings
F3
physical fitness of students occurred when the physical education program was supervised by a Physical Education Specialist.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
Orange County school districts appoint nutrition and physical education specialist who can train classroom teachers in the essentials of their specialties. District Response: Laguna Beach Unified School District has fitness education specialists at all school sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ١., LBUSD Response to Grand Jury Report dated June 1, 2004 "Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: Making Orange County Schools part of the Solution" Various government grants are available to the schools to help
F5
finance and improve the schools' nutrition and physical education programs.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
Orange County school districts apply for state and federal grants available for improving physical education and nutrition programs. District Response: Laguna Beach Unified School District applies whenever the grants are appropriate and the District is eligible. Most school districts, faced with budgetary cuts and greater
F7
with their caloric values and nutritional composition; nor is such information posted in the food-service area.
Related Recommendations (1)
R7
Orange County school districts ensure that either food items sold on their campuses be labeled with the caloric values and nutritional composition or that such information be posted in the food-serving areas. District Response: Laguna Beach Unified School District includes such information daily with its menus. It is also posted at all schools. Body Mass Index is not fully utilized as an assessment tool by
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schools' nutrition and physical education programs, but is used as appropriate by school nurses for clinical purposes.
Related Recommendations (1)
R8
Orange County school districts incorporate instruction on the Body Mass Index into the nutrition and physical education programs and encourage students to share this information with their families. District Response: Laguna Beach Unified School District middle school staff have integrated this into the curriculum. Further staff training is in progress.
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