INTERVIEW: BARBARA LARRIMORE – mom and activist for recess in Virginia – explained her attempts to lobby State Legislature to increase the amount of time for recess for children in Virginia.

INTERVIEW – VA DELEGATE KARRIE DELANEY – She is the one who carried the recess bill. She is also a mom with young kids.

• TOPIC: Prince William Co. schools will double recess time after new Va. Law. WASHINGTON — When the next school year begins in Prince William County, elementary students will get twice as much exercise and unstructured time as they currently get — and other school systems will likely add extra playground time. A new Virginia law, which goes into effect July 1, allows school systems to count recess as part of the instructional day. Until now, the law only dictated how many hours of instruction were needed, and school systems had to squeeze-in recess. Currently, Prince William County allots 15 minutes per day for recess — under the new law, students will be allowed 30 minutes daily for unstructured activity.