In our opinion: Utah middle schoolers deserve a well-rounded education

Local communities and the state have a responsibility to provide middle-school students with a well-rounded educational experience.The State School Board’s recent decision to eliminate physical education, arts and health courses as core statewide requirements for middle-school students is seen as a way to give local districts more flexibility in designing curriculum, which is a positive development in the context of allowing more local control over education policy. But, in the context of