Here are some items on the board’s...

Here are some items on the board’s agenda tonight.

SCHOOL WELLNESS PROGRAM

In 2004, President Bush signed the Child Nutrition and WIC

Reauthorization Act, which requires educational agencies

participating in the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs to

establish nutrition guidelines for food on campus, goals for physical

activity and other health-based measures. The board will vote tonight

on whether to adopt the Coordinated School Wellness program.

WHAT TO EXPECT

A yes vote. Newport-Mesa has taken a number of steps this year to

promote health and fitness at its schools, including the Steps to

Healthy Living program at a number of elementary schools and special

“A to Z Salad Bars” at Estancia High and TeWinkle Middle School.

MEASURE A UPDATE

The district will vote to receive the quarterly investment report

on the Measure A modernization project, which seeks to renovate 28 of

the district’s campuses.

WHAT TO EXPECT

A yes vote and a positive report. Measure A reached its halfway

point of construction last week, on time and on budget, and expects

to be finished by January 2007.