Heat next week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Camps are ready for this. They'll have extra water and popsicles and take plenty of breaks to shaded areas if they can. I've had kids in outdoor summer camps for 10+ years in this area and haven't heard of a heat related death yet. The kids will be just fine. If you're so worried, take PTO and have a movie marathon at your house.

You couldn’t be any more wrong:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/06/22/arlington-cancels-outdoor-programming-monday-afternoon-due-to-extreme-heat-warning/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Camps are ready for this. They'll have extra water and popsicles and take plenty of breaks to shaded areas if they can. I've had kids in outdoor summer camps for 10+ years in this area and haven't heard of a heat related death yet. The kids will be just fine. If you're so worried, take PTO and have a movie marathon at your house.

You couldn’t be any more wrong:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/06/22/arlington-cancels-outdoor-programming-monday-afternoon-due-to-extreme-heat-warning/

It’s Arlington. What do you expect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Camps are ready for this. They'll have extra water and popsicles and take plenty of breaks to shaded areas if they can. I've had kids in outdoor summer camps for 10+ years in this area and haven't heard of a heat related death yet. The kids will be just fine. If you're so worried, take PTO and have a movie marathon at your house.

Thank you for having common sense!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Camps are ready for this. They'll have extra water and popsicles and take plenty of breaks to shaded areas if they can. I've had kids in outdoor summer camps for 10+ years in this area and haven't heard of a heat related death yet. The kids will be just fine. If you're so worried, take PTO and have a movie marathon at your house.

Thank you for having common sense!

This was our experience. Did my kid play a lot of soccer? No. But they did a great job under the circumstances, at least as far as my (usually quite whiny) kid reports.