BOB FOWLER
The Knoxville News Sentinel
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – When they’re not hitting the books, Deana Sanabria’s students are pedaling on one of two stationary bikes in her classroom or doing laps in the school hallways.
The Willow Brook Elementary students are also counting calories, reading food labels and choosing healthier snacks.
The results, the educator says, are obvious.
Several of her fourth-graders have shed pounds, and all of them pay more attention to their lessons.
Another bonus, Sanabria says, is that for the first time in her 16 years as an Oak Ridge elementary school teacher, she has no disciplinary problems.
