* Ravensworth Elementary School (Cluster VI) of Fairfax County Public Schools plans to reduce Physical Education for students from 90 minutes to 60 minutes per week for the 2010/11 school year.
* The administration is planning to reduce PE time 30 minutes a week (from 90min to 60 min) so that it can increase Music by 30 minutes per week (from 60min to 90 min)
* The change is in response to concerns for students missing core curriculum to attend instrumental music classes.
* The allocation of an additional 30 min to either PE or Music is at the discretion of the administration.
* Fairfax County requires students get a minimum of 60 min of PE and 60 min of Music per week. National and VA recommended standard for PE are 150 min of PE per week, and the CDC recommends 60 min a day of physical activity (note not all expected to be provided at school). National recommendation for music is 60 min per week (there doesn't appear to be a quantifiable VA standard). State and county application of these recommendations vary widely.
Following are some links with more information:
Fairfax County Public Schools K-12 Health & Physical Education
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OMSI/hpe/#anchor-es
Virginia Standards of Quality for Physical Education
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+coh+22.1-253.13:1+500486
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/physical_education/index.shtml
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/standards/nationalGuidelines/PEguidelines.cfm
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/publications/teachingTools/upload/EducatingtheWholeChild_NASBE.pdf
http://www.presidentschallenge.org/misc/news_research/research_digests/june04.pdf
National Association for Music Education
http://www.menc.org/resources/view/national-standards-for-music-education
http://www.menc.org/resources/view/opportunity-to-learn-standards-for-music-instruction-grades-prek-12
Comparison of State Standards (incomplete data but shows wide variations)
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:grTrWsMeFzUJ:www.healthystates.csg.org/NR/rdonlyres/24E0C6E0-5A9F-44C2-8F4E-066205B3B695/0/PhysicalEducation.xls+Standards+for+Elementary+Physical+Education+maryland+minutes+week&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari
Bill in MD House of Representatives to mandate 150 min of phys ed per week
http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/billfile/HB1430.htm
Other nearby schools:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/physed/elementary/COMAR%20Requirements%20for%20PE%20K_12.pdf)
http://www.apsva.us/15401082165116273/site/default.asp
http://www.pwcs.edu/admin/infoguide/instructional_opener.html#http://www.pwcs.edu/admin/infoguide/instructional_opener.html
http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/loudoun/site/Directory_List.asp?byType=115
CDC
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf
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