Why MCPS does not have swimming classes

[Anonymous]

They should have one for the central office staff. They are constantly swimming in the pool of sh*t.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little surprised at the negative comments and the argument that there isn't enough time, because it's standard for learn to swim classes to be 30 minutes. That's enough for several drills. Do that twice a week for a couple months and it could have a real impact, especially for kids whose parents can't afford private lessons? Kids with more skills could swim laps, my 3rd grader who is a good swimmer would love to do laps for PE once or twice a week, she hates running but loves swimming. Great full body workout, really refreshing during warmer months.

I would rather the county subsidize lessons at our indoor aquatic centers for any children or teens who can't afford it, than to add yet another task onto the plate of our school system, which already has enough trouble delivering on its core mission: academics.

They do. It’s not the schools job to teach swimming. It’s exhausting listening to parents expectations. If you want swim lessons take your child. The county, city of Rockville and others offer low cost options and have low income assistance.

The cost is only one barrier. Many low income parents work during the hours that swim classes are available.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We did it growing up. Starting in high school.

It helped no one - that’s too old to start in that setting.

At Marine Corps Recruit Training they taught a ton of adults how to swim in less than 2 weeks. Never too old to learn

Umm, if you can't tell the difference between marine training and MCPS there is no hope for you. Those two are definitely the same thing. . .

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Anonymous wrote:Its unfair to girls who have just started their periods, which in 2024 includes 4th graders and up.

That has not been an issue for Gaithersburg Middle School for decades

What are you talking about? I bet it was an issue for thousands of girls. You just don't personally know them. Are you kidding me?

My oldest swam for PE and periods weren’t issues for her or her friends.

How did they do it? Tampons? Many young girls aren't comfortable with those.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little surprised at the negative comments and the argument that there isn't enough time, because it's standard for learn to swim classes to be 30 minutes. That's enough for several drills. Do that twice a week for a couple months and it could have a real impact, especially for kids whose parents can't afford private lessons? Kids with more skills could swim laps, my 3rd grader who is a good swimmer would love to do laps for PE once or twice a week, she hates running but loves swimming. Great full body workout, really refreshing during warmer months.

I would rather the county subsidize lessons at our indoor aquatic centers for any children or teens who can't afford it, than to add yet another task onto the plate of our school system, which already has enough trouble delivering on its core mission: academics.

They do. It’s not the schools job to teach swimming. It’s exhausting listening to parents expectations. If you want swim lessons take your child. The county, city of Rockville and others offer low cost options and have low income assistance.

The cost is only one barrier. Many low income parents work during the hours that swim classes are available.

They have them on Saturdays and Sundays too. There's an email my school's PTA sends out about support available for low-income families who might want to take part in classes. OP, I'm glad your kid's school is so wonderful that your biggest problem is not having swim lessons on site.

My kid's school is scarily overcrowded. I'm more concerned with my kid getting a proper academic foundation given that class size is so huge and the teacher's attention naturally goes to those who are the most problematic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I took swim class during high school and it was awful. It may work better with block scheduling, but 42 minutes was not enough time to change, do anything meaningful, dry off and change again. We were always late to the class after swim.

Same. I always seemed to have it first thing in the morning so the rest of the day was rushed and my hair and back of my uniform was always damp. Gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Its unfair to girls who have just started their periods, which in 2024 includes 4th graders and up.

I had my period VERY frequently in HS. Not really but if you told the swim instructor you did, you could skip swimming. Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little surprised at the negative comments and the argument that there isn't enough time, because it's standard for learn to swim classes to be 30 minutes. That's enough for several drills. Do that twice a week for a couple months and it could have a real impact, especially for kids whose parents can't afford private lessons? Kids with more skills could swim laps, my 3rd grader who is a good swimmer would love to do laps for PE once or twice a week, she hates running but loves swimming. Great full body workout, really refreshing during warmer months.

I would rather the county subsidize lessons at our indoor aquatic centers for any children or teens who can't afford it, than to add yet another task onto the plate of our school system, which already has enough trouble delivering on its core mission: academics.

They do. It’s not the schools job to teach swimming. It’s exhausting listening to parents expectations. If you want swim lessons take your child. The county, city of Rockville and others offer low cost options and have low income assistance.

The cost is only one barrier. Many low income parents work during the hours that swim classes are available.

What are you talking about? They are nights and weekends. You are making excuses for your parenting and blaming others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little surprised at the negative comments and the argument that there isn't enough time, because it's standard for learn to swim classes to be 30 minutes. That's enough for several drills. Do that twice a week for a couple months and it could have a real impact, especially for kids whose parents can't afford private lessons? Kids with more skills could swim laps, my 3rd grader who is a good swimmer would love to do laps for PE once or twice a week, she hates running but loves swimming. Great full body workout, really refreshing during warmer months.

I would rather the county subsidize lessons at our indoor aquatic centers for any children or teens who can't afford it, than to add yet another task onto the plate of our school system, which already has enough trouble delivering on its core mission: academics.

They do. It’s not the schools job to teach swimming. It’s exhausting listening to parents expectations. If you want swim lessons take your child. The county, city of Rockville and others offer low cost options and have low income assistance.

The cost is only one barrier. Many low income parents work during the hours that swim classes are available.

They have them on Saturdays and Sundays too. There's an email my school's PTA sends out about support available for low-income families who might want to take part in classes. OP, I'm glad your kid's school is so wonderful that your biggest problem is not having swim lessons on site.

My kid's school is scarily overcrowded. I'm more concerned with my kid getting a proper academic foundation given that class size is so huge and the teacher's attention naturally goes to those who are the most problematic.

They don’t want to take their kids so use others as talking points.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/howto/recassist.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am white and love to swim. But at my private school, a lot of the African American girls complained about the swim requirement. They said it was not good for their hair and that it was racially insensitive to make them do swim classes.

They could do it with a cap but water still gets in a cap.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcps SHOULD make swimming mandatory for all students in autism service related programs. Elope- drowning is one of the leading causes of death in autistic children.

But they wont.

What autism programs. Mcps got rid of one a few years ago. Some probably could not tolerate the water. How about using the money to expand autism programs.

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Anonymous wrote:Its unfair to girls who have just started their periods, which in 2024 includes 4th graders and up.

I had my period VERY frequently in HS. Not really but if you told the swim instructor you did, you could skip swimming. Lol.

I think you had your period about once a month in HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should have one for the central office staff. They are constantly swimming in the pool of sh*t.

Often if their own making

[Anonymous]

When I was growing up swimming was a PE requirement in NYS once a year starting in 4th until you earned your Red Cross Intermediate card. The difference was that all the High Schools had indoor swimming pools. Even so, you had to take a bus from ES or MS to HS. Also, school issued bathing suits, color coded by size - ewww!

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Anonymous wrote:Its unfair to girls who have just started their periods, which in 2024 includes 4th graders and up.

I had my period VERY frequently in HS. Not really but if you told the swim instructor you did, you could skip swimming. Lol.

I think you had your period about once a month in HS.

I was joking. Geez. We all lied about having our periods to get out of swimming class. The teacher never kept records.