SEQUIM — High school athletes edged closer this week to an exit out of physical education courses.
The Sequim School District Board of Directors, in its third discussion on the subject, eyed a policy Monday that would waive the graduation requirement of three semesters of P.E. for athletes and teens who excel on the Presidential Physical Fitness tests.
The policy, drafted by Sequim School District Superintendent Garn Christensen, would allow students in school-sanctioned, community league or Olympic sports to earn up to 1.5 credits — three semesters — of P.E. credit. They would skip the daytime P.E. courses.
Also under the new policy, P.E. waivers could be granted to students whose Presidential Physical Fitness Test scores rise to the 85th percentile for their ages.
To score that high, a 16-year-old boy would have to, among other things, run 1 mile in six minutes and eight seconds, while a girl that age would have to run it in eight minutes and 23 seconds.
The boy would need to complete 44 push-ups, the girl 24.
