Please consider coming out to the CCS School Board this Thursday, September 7, when the School Board will be voting on the issues of weighing students and of taking away recess as punishment, as part of an updated district Wellness Policy. The School Board meeting begins at 5:00 at Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Road. Every member of the public is entitled to speak for three minutes. The public comment period will be towards the beginning of the agenda. You do not have to stay for the entire board meeting! If you are not able to attend the meeting on Thursday, you can still email them. Click here for sample text that you could use in an email to the school board and for all of the school board members’ email addresses. Two things I will be asking the School Board to do and would encourage you to consider asking for, as well: 1) Approve the updated Wellness Policy. 2) Given the persistent use of recess as punishment and the confusion about the legitimacy of the practice, send communication to ALL CCS stakeholders – parents, teachers, and administrators – announcing that recess is not to be taken away from students. Visit my blog to read more details about the updated Wellness Policy: https://communitywellblog.com/2017/09/05/ccs-school-board-to-vote-thursday-on-weighing-students-taking-away-recess/