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Implementation Timeline

Objective/Goal	Completion Date	Implementation Strategies	Status
Physical Activity #1: Increase student physical activity during the school day.	2006-07 School Year	Ensure schools provide before and/or after school activities that can be offered through clubs/contests/competition funding program and/or through community education programs.	Currently some schools have before and after school activities for students, but not all schools.
Physical Activity #2: Increase student, staff and parent awareness for the need to partner with children to increase physical activity on a daily basis.	2006-2007 school year	Provide students, staff and community with benefits of increased physical activity and tips for increasing physical activity through workshop participation, newsletters, district email, and the Rockwood web site.	Rockwood health/physical education classes currently teach the benefits of having physically active lifestyles. The current recommendation from NASPE is a minimum of one hour of physical activity daily.
Physical Activity #3: Encourage additional physical activity breaks within elementary and middle school classrooms.	Begin during the 2006-2007 school year	Ask classroom teachers to consider adding additional recess time for their students, when possible and provide them with a list of possible brain-break activities that they can use during the school day.	Elementary schools schedule recess before lunch.
Nutrition #1: Child Nutrition Services will offer an additional entre to those already being offered in elementary schools.	Complete	Child Nutrition Services offers a fourth entre, a cheese and cracker snack pack, (fifth if school offers peanut butter and jelly) to the menu selection. Students will choose among the alternative entrees.	Elementary schools offer alternative entrees of flavored yogurt and graham crackers, grilled cheese pretzel roll, snack pack and some schools offer peanut butter and jelly.
Nutrition #2: Child Nutrition Services will publish the nutritional analysis of menu items for elementary and secondary schools.	Fall 2006	This information will be placed on the Child Nutrition Services website.	Elementary menu item nutrient analysis is currently available on the website. Secondary nutrient analysis information will follow, with completion by December 2006.
Nutrition #3: Child Nutrition Services will offer additional healthier food choices without raising 2005-2006 meal prices and explore marketing strategies to inform students of healthy food alternatives.	Ongoing--Child Nutrition Services will continually offer new healthy food choices to all school levels.	Child Nutrition Services will seek more student involvement through focus groups in the decision-making process in determining the types of healthy food choices we offer.	Child Nutrition Services continually offers an influx of new, healthy, food choices throughout the year through student feedback, surveys and focus groups.
Communications #1: Provide schools with nutrition and physical activity information they could include on the district page of the school newsletter.	Ongoing	Communications department will provide information to the students, staff and parents regarding the Wellness policy.	Communication pieces are in the development stage.
School Environment #1: Allow adequate time for students to eat and be ready for class and ready to learn. Elementary schools will be encouraged to offer recess before lunch.	Elementary schools will implement recess before lunch during 2006-2007 school year.	Educate staff regarding the benefits of recess before lunch, such as: fewer discipline problems students are ready to learn when they return to the classroom fewer trips to the nurses office increased milk consumption reduced plate waste	All elementary schools with the exception of Eureka Elementary offer recess before lunch. Eureka Elementary is planning to initiate in the fall of 2006.
School Environment #2: Identify alternative fundraising opportunities to replace the schools reliance on candy sales during school hours.	Beginning in 06-07, candy fundraising should not be more than 75% of total fundraising items. In 07-08 no more than 50%. In 08-09, no more than 25%. By 2009 2010 school year, all candy fundraising will be eliminated from all school buildings during school hours.	Alternative fundraising strategies will be provided to the schools.	Every school offers some type of fundraising and most involves selling candy. - During nutrition education, students learn candy and other nonnutritive foods should be limited and eaten very infrequently. -Selling less nutritious food items for fundraising contradicts nutrition messages taught in the classroom and the importance of student health.
School Environment #3: Foods served and sold in school buildings, including cafeterias and school stores, will exceed the Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value (FMNV) guidelines and provide greater than 5% of the RDI for protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, calcium and iron.	During the 2006-2007 school year, FMNV should not be more than 75% of foods sold. In 07-08, no more than 50% of FMNV sold. In 08-09, no more than 25% of total share. By 09-10, all FMNV will be eliminated from all school buildings.	Realistic alternatives will be provided to schools and organizations.	Schools offer foods that are of minimal nutritional value in school stores and in fundraising. During nutrition education, students learn candy and other nonnutritive foods should be limited and eaten very infrequently. Selling less nutritious food items for fundraising contradicts nutrition messages taught in the classroom.
School Environment #4: Increase non-carbonated beverages sold during school hours to 70% of total beverages offered in all vending machines in each school over the next three years.	During the 2006-2007 school years, carbonated beverages should not exceed more than 75% of total beverages offered in all vending machines at each school. in 07-08, no more than 50%; in 08-09, carbonated beverages will decrease to 30% in buildings.	Schools will increase non-carbonated beverages such as water to replace the carbonated ones.	With the current exclusive pouring contract in place, it prohibits the District from Eliminating carbonated beverages. However, the contract allows for school Administrators to choose the variety of products offered in each machine. The Missouri Beverage Association adopted a new school vending policy August 2005.
School Environment #5: Foods served for the purpose of recognition (food as a reward) must not exceed 30% of total calories from fat and must meet the FMNV guidelines.	The implementation of this strategy shall take effect at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year.	A list of alternative rewards will be provided to help promote positive reinforcement for students behavior.	Rewarding children in the classroom frequently involves candy, soda and other foods that can undermine childrens diets and health and reinforce unhealthful eating habits.