Supporting/Defending Your PE Program What Others Have Done

The following are resources and information that districts have used to defend their physical education programs. If you have information that you have used to defend your physical education program, e-mail us at pec@pecentral.org or mail it to us at the address listed below.

DISCLAIMER: PE Central is merely sharing what these districts did to fend off cuts and elimination. This does not mean that PE Central endorses any of the information and/or articles they used in defending their physical education programs.

PE Teacher in Hawaii

• Kelly E. Duell Paper to School Board (PDF)

St. Vrain Valley School District, Longmont, Colorado

• Description of the Threat, Situation and Results
  
• Handouts/Notes For Meetings (Part I)
  
• Handouts/Notes For Meetings (Part II)
  
• Research Notes
  
• St. Vrain District Mission Statement (includes a statement about how other classess should not be allowed to be substituted for PE credit)
  
• Supportive PE Research and Resources

Albemarle County, Virginia

• Description of the Threat/Situation
  
• Handouts/Notes For Meeting (Includes some references)
  
• George Graham Speech
  
• Supportive PE Research and Resources

Additional Speeches

• Testimony of Lori Rose Benson, Director Of the Office of Fitness and Health New York City, NY, Presented Before The House Committee on Education and Labor On The Benefits of Physical and Health Education for Our Nation’s Children (July 24, 2008) (PDF)

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