Does your school take away recess time as punishment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. You can thank ineffective parents for this policy. Specifically, the ones who aren't willing to discipline at home and aren't responding to my emails detailing Snowflake's disruptive behavior. Apart from missing 1/3 of 1/2 of total recess time, these kids have no incentive to stop the disruptions and then ALL my kids suffer.

No really. You can thank an ineffective teacher for taking away recess from everyone. I understand why teachers take recess away from an individual for misbehaving (even though it is counter to all research on the subject.) I'll never understand why a teacher thinks it makes sense to punish the rest of the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. You can thank ineffective parents for this policy. Specifically, the ones who aren't willing to discipline at home and aren't responding to my emails detailing Snowflake's disruptive behavior. Apart from missing 1/3 of 1/2 of total recess time, these kids have no incentive to stop the disruptions and then ALL my kids suffer.

No really. You can thank an ineffective teacher for taking away recess from everyone. I understand why teachers take recess away from an individual for misbehaving (even though it is counter to all research on the subject.) I'll never understand why a teacher thinks it makes sense to punish the rest of the class.

We got it taken away, and the next day we act right, we didn't act up in class. Some "Cool parents" will allow their kids to misbehave and let them do whatever they want something must be done, its a sad that they are not allowed to do this anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard complaints from parents with kids at other schools that their kids lost recess time as a consequence for bad behavior. This is strictly against PGCPS policy and I'm interested what your experiences have been.

We had one instance where my child reported that they had lost recess time because they were rowdy in the classroom. I immediately contacted the Principal and although they immediately spoke to the teacher about it.

Tell your kids not to be disruptive. I think they should be made to do laps but parents would complain about that too

[Anonymous]

Its an ineffective tool because 1) recess is not desirable for every kid 2) there is no reciprocation for good behavior = more activity for kids that need/want the activity and 3) its not implemented consistently nor communicated effectively.

It also is not teaching appropriate behavior. Nothing about removing recess is linked to the outcome desired.

Its like saying a puppy will not chew shoes if you dont give it a midday walk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They might have to walk laps or something during recess. That's obviously the response to the Mommys who will complain that little Jacob "needs to get his energy out!"

Walking laps is considered corporal punishment so I hope that is not the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. You can thank ineffective parents for this policy. Specifically, the ones who aren't willing to discipline at home and aren't responding to my emails detailing Snowflake's disruptive behavior. Apart from missing 1/3 of 1/2 of total recess time, these kids have no incentive to stop the disruptions and then ALL my kids suffer.

Not understanding why ALL the children must get in trouble. Let the one kid stay inside. Put his ass in another class. Put him with the gym teacher, the music, the art, the admin team.

As an art teacher, no thanks. I have enough to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They might have to walk laps or something during recess. That's obviously the response to the Mommys who will complain that little Jacob "needs to get his energy out!"

Walking laps is considered corporal punishment so I hope that is not the case.

Please tell me you are joking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They might have to walk laps or something during recess. That's obviously the response to the Mommys who will complain that little Jacob "needs to get his energy out!"

Walking laps is considered corporal punishment so I hope that is not the case.

Please tell me you are joking.

Punishment of orced physical activity, such as walking laps, is expressly prohibited in PGCPS as is taking away recess

[Anonymous]

As the mom of a student who needs the outdoor activity to support his IEP, I find this practice to be a problem. Kids (especially the littler ones) need that outdoor time. Taking away their only real outlet to regulate behavior and the ability to focus is counterproductive. My son has an IEP that specifically states that he should not have recess taken away as his focus issues tend to get worse without the ability to burn off some steam. I don't know what the remedy is aside from punishing just the kids that are the culprits of the bad behavior.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I hate that teacher did that to our kids! So glad the 3rd grade teacher retired. I still regret not saying anything to the principal back then.

***If you have a 504 plan, make sure to state that recess is a must in ES, do not take away recess please***

[Anonymous]

The disrupting kids really need recess to vent their frustration. A 20 min run outside would probably help.

[Anonymous]

Hey those degenerate kids might only have that short period of time per day to hold the nerds over a toilet for swirlies. Why would you deprive them of that?

[Anonymous]

My kid has ADHD and was regularly punished for not sitting by getting recess taken away.