John Stevens

LCCSS Questionnaire

1. Healthy Schools/Environmental Hazards

(Supporting the creation of an interdepartmental task force to review maintenance and materials.)

1. In the interest of conducting such a review without overburdening our dedicated staff, I would support a full round-table review with the public, key staff and members of the Board.

2. Healthy Schools/School Nutrition

1	Restricting sale
3	Healthy Snacks/Healthy Parties
2	Upgrade nutritional quality of school lunches
7	Local Farms
6	Kitchen Gardens, local food economy education
4	Meal preparation and food selection workshops
5	Teach significance of packaging and process foods
8	Extending education to parents

2. Initiate initial review and follow-up trial programs to improve food service offerings

• I�m not sure exactly what you�re proposing here. There are ongoing reviews and improvements by staff and the Health, Safety & Wellness committee. I support reviews and follow-ups within the existing mechanisms that we have and encourage the LCCSS to designate an ongoing representative to this committee.

3. Food selection curriculum for students and parents.

• I would be happy to work together with LCCSS to further define this goal and explore its implementation.

3. Green Schools

4. Yes. I am currently in the process of proposing a policy to design and build all new schools LEED Silver standards and upgrading all renovated schools to LEED-Certified standard.

4. Sustainable Schools Initiative

5. I do support the creation of a system-wide Sustainable Schools initiative.

D6. Impediments to implementation

Capital funding will always be the biggest challenge, especially as we continue to grow so rapidly. Our growth is also an opportunity though, as we have lots of chances to succeed with each new building. The challenge of incorporating good health and sustainability into the curriculum comes with our reliance on national texts and emphasis on Virginia SOLs and federal NCLB regulations. The opportunities are the widespread recognition that future curriculum needs to be cross-disciplinary (where many topics are taught simultaneously) and Loudoun�s exceptional ability to offer diverse electives in High School.