States Letting Students Opt Out of P.E.

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 27, 2010 @07:23AM from the all-I-ever-really-needed-to-know-I-learned-in-kickball dept.

A school district in Des Moines, Iowa has joined a nationwide trend by allowing students to opt out of physical education classes. 32 states now allow kids to waive or substitute gym classes. Paula Kun, a spokeswoman for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education says: "Unfortunately, so many schools are having more and more waivers — particularly at the high school level. The great majority of high school students are required to take physical education only one year out of the four. They get out for religious reasons, for ROTC, for marching band. There's a whole slew of waiver possibilities."

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Outrage! by hideouspenguinboy · 2010-12-27 08:09 · Score: 2

Where the hell else are kids going to be active if not when they are locked up in school all day!
Re:Depends on why. by barrtender · 2010-12-27 12:56 · Score: 2

That's what I thought when I read this. When I was in High School we could get out of PE if we were in sports for that season. Personally I know that Cross Country, Basketball, then Track were much more physical exercise than PE. It looks like the article may have totally missed the point of PE though...