BMI screening????? I have never heard of this! Are you notified by the school, like when they do scoliosis checks?
Opt out of NYS BMI
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http://www.rwjf.org/childhoodobesity/digest.jsp?id=8512
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OK, the legislation passed in 2007 but it seems that, for the 2008-2009 school year, only some schools are required to report the data at this time.
http://www.saratogaschools.org/SPECI...ndexnotice.pdf
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: And how about reducing the insane portions of school lunches, and getting shit like the Slurpee machine out of the frigging cafeteria altogether!
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Oh... and teachers? Please stop giving candy as a reward for everything.
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| The screening requirement currently applies only to children just starting school and to those in second, fourth, seventh and 10th grades. Physicians will test students as they come in for a health certificate, which is mandatory for public school enrollment in New York. Data then will be passed to schools and the state Department of Health, unless parents choose to exclude their child from the process. |
http://www.saratogaschools.org/SPECI...ndexnotice.pdf
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| Some school districts were selected to take part in a New York State Department of Health survey for 2008-2009. |
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| Only summary information, not the names and no information about individual students, will be sent. At that time, parents may choose to have their child's information excluded from this survey report by signing a form that the District will provide. |
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| If the legislature wants to do something useful to reduce childhood obesity, they could limit the amount of homework assigned to kids and make sure recess can't be taken away. |
spero, yes, I found that stuff about the state reporting and opting out, and I did that part, but all it does is opt you out of the reporting, not the measuring.
The day after I posted this, my older dd came home and told me she was weighed and measured at school that day.
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What I'm really confused about is that according to that stuff on the web, it sounds like they only should be required to be weighed and measured in K, 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 10th grade, and she's in 6th grade.
Those years correspond to the years when physicals are required, so it seemed to me like there's no reason it couldn't be part of their normal physical done by our pediatrician who she knows and trusts. I just hate that kids are made to be measured, weighed and otherwise messed with at school, when they are out of control of the situation. My kids are both underweight, but I'm sure it's humiliating for kids who are overweight.
I was able to opt her out of the school scholiosis screening. It seems like I should have had the same choice for this, but somehow that's not the case.
Our school doesn't have a slurpee machine. I don't even think they have a soda machine.
The day after I posted this, my older dd came home and told me she was weighed and measured at school that day.
Those years correspond to the years when physicals are required, so it seemed to me like there's no reason it couldn't be part of their normal physical done by our pediatrician who she knows and trusts. I just hate that kids are made to be measured, weighed and otherwise messed with at school, when they are out of control of the situation. My kids are both underweight, but I'm sure it's humiliating for kids who are overweight.
I was able to opt her out of the school scholiosis screening. It seems like I should have had the same choice for this, but somehow that's not the case.
Our school doesn't have a slurpee machine. I don't even think they have a soda machine.
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