TABLE 4.

Principals’ stated reasons for being successful in implementing the daily physical activity initiative

Reason for success	Percentage of principals who gave this response
Already had daily physical education	28.8
Already met the guideline/requirement	14.4
Rearranged the time table to offer daily physical activity and/or daily physical education	14.4
Have adequate space in the school	10.8
Doubled up classes in the gym at one time	9.0
Added in extra programs/activities	9.0
Have made it a priority	5.4
Have teachers who believe in the importance of daily physical activity	3.6
It was mandatory, so we had to implement it	3.6
Have a physical education specialist in the school	3.6
Now use an outside facility or go outdoors to increase the space available to offer daily physical activity	3.6

^*The responses were categorized by the investigators after reading through the participant responses. Participants were allowed to give more than one answer. Responses were not included if fewer than 2% of participants gave that response