Hillsborough County Public Schools Student Services and Federal Programs
Action Item

DATE: Thursday, September 4, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Partnership Agreement with MORE HEALTH Inc. in Conjunction with STEPS to a Healthier Hillsborough Grant Initiative (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Partnership Agreement is in effect September 22, 2008, through September 21, 2009. The STEPS to a Healthier Hillsborough is a grant initiative designed to address the issues of asthma, diabetes, obesity, nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco with under-served populations. Submitted through the Hillsborough County Health Department, it is highly collaborative and provides the school system with the opportunity to support intervention activities in 62 schools in high poverty areas (see Attachment D). MORE HEALTH Inc. is one of the STEPS funded partners, approved by the STEPS leadership committee to provide engaging, interactive nutrition education to third, seventh, and tenth graders in the STEPS intervention area schools.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

Goal 5 – The District will eliminate the FCAT achievement gap by a minimum of 10 percentage points as reported by No Child Left Behind.

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

$45,000 - The source of these funds is from the STEPS to a Healthier Hillsborough Grant.

EVALUATION

Evaluations on the subcontractors are done annually through stakeholder surveys, pre-, and post-questionnaires, and interviews with PE, and health teachers. The evaluation also includes lesson evaluations compiled by classroom teachers.

SUBMITTED BY: Maria Russ, Coordinator, School Health Services

Gwendolyn Luney
Assistant Superintendent, Student Services and Federal Programs
(813) 272-4879
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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