4Elementary School News

District to participate in Education Department weight/health survey—survey includes only grades K, 2, 4, 7 and 10

As part of a required school health examination, a student is weighed and his/her height is measured. These numbers are used to figure out the student’s body mass index or ‘BMI’. The BMI helps the doctor or nurse know if the student’s weight is in a healthy range or is too high or too low.

Recent changes to the New York State Education Law require that BMI and weight status group be included as part of the student’s school health examination. Fonda-Fultonville Central School District is taking part in a survey being pilot-tested by the New York State Department of Health. As part of the survey, we will be reporting to the New York State Department of Health information about our students’ weight status groups. Only summary information is sent. No names and no information about individual students are sent.

Parents were given the option to have their grade K, 2, 4, 7 or 10 children's information excluded from this survey report by completing an exemption form and returning it to Dr. Constance Spohn, Director of Special Programs at the address listed on the form. All exemptions had to be submitted by September 5th.

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