http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/167312/What-standards-should-schools-set-in-Physical-Education-for-children My fifth grade daughter is going through an issue with her heart when the class suddenly started doing a mile run a day without building up to it. My daughter has a congenital heart problem. We have never limited her from P. E. She is not sedentary but has a lot of endurance and strength from working out at home and in Taekwondo every day. She gets a complete physical every single year. When this happened to her we immediately contacted her doctor. I couldn't help but wonder about other students. Running is the one exercise that taxes the heart to it's limit. Without building up to running I think this would be a problem to students who are used to a sedentary life style. We need to get our children up and exercising and liking to exercise so they will continue doing it the rest of their lives. At our school in the middle of Austin they are running outside and we have issues here where the air is so thick, children with asthma especially have problems. What's best? GreatSchools en-us irishwhistle I think it's a shame there weren't more answers to this question. I have been wondering the same thing. My daughter is in 5th grade and she hates P.E. because ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/167312/What-standards-should-schools-set-in-Physical-Education-for-children?cpage=1#comment_371193 5100.371193 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:34:50 -0800 lisaedit A lot of states have specific standards that they set for schools in many subjects, including PE. you can see what your state standards are on this page on our ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/167312/What-standards-should-schools-set-in-Physical-Education-for-children?cpage=1#comment_167342 5100.167342 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:38:30 -0700