By Brittany Hobson The Manitoba government is making it mandatory for students in grades 11 and 12 to take in-person gym class. A pilot program is to start this fall that would see schools implement the change on a voluntary basis. About 25 schools have signed up so far. The compulsory rollout of health curriculum changes for all schools would start in the 2027-28 school year. “The message of this curriculum is that physical activity and healthy living are for everyone, for every single child,” Education Minister Tracy Schmidt said Thursday. “The curriculum helps kids find movement activities that make them happy and healthy,” she said, “whether that be sports and weightlifting, whether that be yoga or walking, or many of the other creative solutions that we know that our…
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