Buffalo is closer to meeting state requirements for gym classes, with 40 new teachers hired to teach physical education and health. More gym teachers are about to be hired.
This has been a fight for years with parent groups who said kids weren't getting enough exercise to take some of the edge off youthful exuberance. The school board squeezed enough money out of its budget to hire.
Physical Education and Health Supervisor Andrea Norton says now it's a space issue for exercise.
"[We'll] see if it's possible in some places to be able to take a classroom and use it as another motor space for our K-3 students," Norton said.
"One thing we haven't looked at yet, to this point, some schools are already doing this or attempting to do this. It brings up the potential that we may need different and some budget for that that we have not yet requested."
The Student Achievement Committee was told Wednesday night that may mean gym in cafeterias or on stages when there isn't enough gym space. That's become tighter with more special education classes competing for space.
