Stretch-N-Grow Helps Boost In-Classroom Physical Activity At Some Chicago Schools.

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The Chicago Tribune (2/26, Eng) reports on "Stretch-N-Grow, an in-class fitness program that operates in 22 Chicago-area elementary schools." The national franchise is a ten-week program that "allows schools to boost physical activity without having to build a new gym or make the day longer. Schools can pay between $1,000 and $3,000...depending on their size, and parents can pay for after-school programs." In addition to Stretch-N-Grow, Chicago Public Schools also offers "dancing, yoga and cardio training to...help augment" -- or as "a substitute for -- physical education programs." 

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