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Albert Turner Elementary is located in a very rural district with limited access to major medical care or physical rehabilitation services. When two employees became injured, Principal Edwin Dial Jr. decided he wanted to do something to help school staff improve their overall fitness. He purchased several pieces of exercise equipment for use at the school. Since that time, the district formed a wellness council and the program has continued to grow to help all school staff meet their fitness goals.
Staff now comes together after school to use the exercise equipment which includes a treadmill, stationary bike, workout bench, step bench, stability ball, medicine ball, elliptical machine and free weights. According to Ellen Essick, school employee wellness manager with the Healthy Schools Program, “With budget concerns across the country, cutting costs in individual school districts becomes essential. A small investment of providing staff with a space to exercise with efficiently functioning equipment can create an immeasurable return of lowered absenteeism, increased staff morale and hopefully down the road, lowered insurance costs.”
This program has inspired several staff members to join the Scale Back Alabama challenge, a statewide campaign held the first of each year to encourage Alabamians to get healthier by losing weight and exercising.
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