By Kim Hilsenbeck.
After the holiday break, Hemphill Elementary students returned to a changed schedule that aims to have an impact on test scores, but comes at the expense of physical activity.
Based on teacher input, school administrators pulled the plug on the everyday physical education (PE) pilot program implemented about 18 months earlier. A mapping study in 2012 showed Hemphill is in one of the attendance zones with a high percentage of obesity, which is one reason for piloting the daily PE program there.
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