Fremont School District No.

215

NONINSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS 8200

Local School Wellness

It is the goal of the Fremont County Joint School District to strive to make a significant
contribution to the general well being, mental and physical capacity, and learning ability of each
student and afford them the opportunity to fully participate in the education process. The
Fremont County Joint School District promotes healthy schools by supporting wellness, good
nutrition, and regular physical activity as a part of the total learning environment. The District
supports a healthy environment where children learn and participate in positive dietary and
lifestyle practices. By facilitating learning through the support and promotion of good nutrition
and physical activity, our school contributes to the basic health status of children. Improved
health optimizes student performance potential and ensures that no child is left behind.

Healthy eating is demonstrably linked to reduced morbidity and risk of mortality from many
chronic diseases.

The Board directs the Superintendent to inform and update the public, including parents,
students, and others in the community, about the content and implementation of the wellness
policy. Such information may be provided on the District website, through dissemination of
student handbooks, or in any other manner the Superintendent may deem appropriate.

Definition

For the purposes of this policy the school day is defined as midnight before to 30 minutes after
the end of the instructional school day.

Goals for Wellness Promotion

The District shall review and consider evidence-based approaches in establishing goals for
school based activities to promote student wellness. This may include review of the Smarter
Lunchroom tools and strategies.

To ensure the health and well being of all students, it is the policy of the District to:

1. Ensure that foods sold at school during the school day meet or exceed the nutritional
standards required by the USDAs National School Lunch Program, the National School
Breakfast Program, and the Smart Snacks in Schools regulations. Exceptions can be
made for infrequent food sales fundraisers that occur no more than the number of times
determined appropriate by the Idaho State Department of Education during the school
year and are not held during school meal times. Fundraisers will be tracked at each
school site by a designee of the Superintendent in charge of compliance at that site;

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2. Ensure that non-compliant and non-exempt fundraising food sales will not occur on
school grounds during the school day. The District operates under United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) program regulations of the National School Lunch
Program, National School Breakfast Program, and the Smart Snacks in Schools
regulations. These regulations apply to food sold during the school day in school stores,
vending machines, and other venues. (Note: There are many healthy fundraising options
available to schools including selling books, fresh produce, school spirit merchandise, or
other non-food items during the school day. Fundraising activities involving the sale of
food consumed outside of school, such as frozen pizza sales, are exempt from the
nutrition standards.);

3. Ensure that celebrations that involve food during the school day be limited to no more
than one party per class per month and that each party include no more than one food or
beverage that does not meet nutrition standards for Smart Snacks in Schools. The
District will disseminate a list of healthy party ideas to parents and teachers.

[Note: The USDA has no role in regulating foods brought from home, but school districts
are required to set nutrition guidelines for foods served at school other than those that are
sold. The Smart Snacks in Schools regulations only affect foods that are sold on school
grounds during the school day. Time honored traditions like treats for birthdays, or foods
at an afterschool sporting event, are not subject to those standards.];

The District may also take measures to promote nutrition and physical activity, engage in
nutrition education, and conduct wellness activities. For this purpose, the District may:

1. Ensure that all District schools become certified as a Healthier US Schools Challenge
schools and/or enroll as a Team Nutrition schools;
2. Host at least one health fair each year;
3. Draft and regularly distribute a wellness newsletter for students and parents;
4. Review Smarter Lunchroom Movement best practices and evaluate each schools
ability to implement them;
5. Promote healthy eating patterns through classroom nutrition education coordinated
with the comprehensive health education program including education, health, and
food services;
6. Provide physical education to elementary students and middle school students;
7. Offer a recognition or reward program for students who exhibit healthy behaviors.
8. Start a walking or physical activity club at each school;
9. Offer after school physical activity programs;
10. Ensure student have access to hand-washing facilities prior to meals;
11. Annually evaluate the marketing and promotion of the school meal program;
12. Share school meal nutrition information with students and families;
13. Offer students taste-testing or menu planning opportunities;
14. Participate in Farm to School activities and/or have a school garden;
15. Advertise and promote nutritious foods and beverages on school grounds;
16. Offer nutritious foods and beverages at lower prices than other foods and beverages;
17. Offer fruits or non-fried vegetables everywhere foods are sold;

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 18. Use student feedback to improve the quality of the school meal programs;
19. Offer a staff wellness program;
20. Provide District staff with adequate pre-service and ongoing in-service training that
focuses on program administration, nutrition, physical activity, safety, the importance
of modeling healthy behaviors, and strategies for behavioral change; and
21. Participate in community partnerships to support wellness programs, projects, events,
or activities.

Nutrition Standards

To promote student health and reduce childhood obesity, the District requires all schools within
the District to comply with the nutrition standards established by the USDA with respect to all
food that is available on school grounds during the school day.

Community Participation

The District shall invite parents, students, representative food service staff of the school food
authority, teachers of physical education, school health professionals, the Board, school
administrators, and the general public to participate in the development, implementation, and
periodic review of this policy.

The Superintendent shall annually make available to the public the content of the policy and an
assessment of the implementation of this policy including:

1. The extent to which schools under the jurisdiction of the District are in compliance with
the wellness policy;
2. The extent to which the Districts wellness policy compares to model local school
wellness policies; and
3. A description of the progress made in attaining the goals of the wellness policy.

Methods of providing this information to the public may include developing or disseminating
printed or electronic materials to families of school children and other members of the school
community at the beginning of the school year, or posting the local wellness policies and an
assessment of their implementation on the District or school website. The assessment of the
implementation of the policy shall be conducted at least once every three years.

Record Retention

The District shall retain the following records relating to the wellness policy:

1. The written local school wellness policy;

2. Documentation demonstrating the community was involved in the development,
implementation, and periodic review of the wellness policy;
3. Documentation of the assessment of the wellness policy; and
4. Documentation to demonstrate the public was notified annually as required by this
policy.

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Monitoring Compliance

The Superintendent shall designate one or more District officials or school officials to ensure that
each school complies with this policy.

Cross-Reference: 2310 Nutrition Education

2315 Physical Activity Opportunities and Education
8230 Nutrition Standards

Legal Reference: Sec. 204, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004

42 USC 1758b, Section 204 Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act

of 2010
42 USC 1771 et seq. Child Nutrition Act of 1966
42 USC 1751 et seq. National School Lunch Act
7 CFR Parts 210 Nutrition School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs:
Final Rule
7 CFR 210.30 Local School Wellness Policy
Smart Snacks in School Regulations by the United States Department of
Agriculture

Other References: Idaho Wellness Policy Progress Report, Idaho State Department of
Education
Implementation and Monitoring Plan, Idaho State Department of
Education
Wellness Policy GuidelinesElements of Implementation for Final Rule,
Idaho State Department of Education
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/cnp/sch-mp/snacks.html

Policy History:
Adopted on: June 18, 2015
Revised on: January 29, 2017

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