Silent lunch - happening at other schools?

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Anonymous wrote:I think Lafayette ES does this but they have over 800 students so it makes sense

This is horrible. What about the social-emotional development of these young kids? They need time to socialize and relax and be kids!

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This sounds like something that the teachers/admin would like… Is this really good for the kids?

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Anonymous wrote:I wish our private still had masks. They lifted the mask mandate and limited the testing and bam--multiple kids with covid and now kids are missing class again for 5-10 days at a time.

They should have just kept the mask going for the final two months--and the ongoing testing.

Did it really save us anything? Summer is coming soon enough and all will be mask free and outside.

The kids could have coped with another 8 weeks and we would have avoided a lot of covid cases and missed classtime.

lunch can easily be outside. I have no idea why they can't talk at your school- that seems weird.

What is the issue with Covid cases for kids? They have no real risk. Life is one big risk. Don't take the joy out of it with your paranoia.

Its not paranoia. Its the fact that you must miss school for 5-10 days if you are the one of the unlucky ones who test positive. I don't want my kid missing school for 1-2 weeks--its too hard to catch up. Is it a coincidence that so many kids tested positive the week after masks were lifted. I don't think so. Whatever the belief on masks, I certainly hope people are pro having kids in school and not zooming in. Masks at least allowed that to happen for the past 8 months. Now we are back to zoomerang. so lovely.

We've kept our kids in virtual and its been fine. However, we are all sick now and its been in our house for over three weeks now cycling between all of us. Selfish people suck.

People get sick. Stop blaming others for your lack of an immune system. You need to be exposed to stuff to build it up. We stopped washing our hands and using sanitizer long ago. My kids got a few bugs, but haven't had covid yet. Stopped wearing masks long ago too. We're all vaccinated too, but if I had young children not yet vaccinated, at this stage I would not bother. The variant out there is harmless.

Sure- talk to me after your kid is home for two weeks and you become their teacher. BTW- it’s gross not to wash your hands. I guess your kids wipe and go. I feel sorry for their classmates - so gross.

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It's not that serious. Our private has like 15 minutes where the kids eat quietly and then they can go hog wild on the playground. Pretty sure they are all developing just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish our private still had masks. They lifted the mask mandate and limited the testing and bam--multiple kids with covid and now kids are missing class again for 5-10 days at a time.

They should have just kept the mask going for the final two months--and the ongoing testing.

Did it really save us anything? Summer is coming soon enough and all will be mask free and outside.

The kids could have coped with another 8 weeks and we would have avoided a lot of covid cases and missed classtime.

lunch can easily be outside. I have no idea why they can't talk at your school- that seems weird.

What is the issue with Covid cases for kids? They have no real risk. Life is one big risk. Don't take the joy out of it with your paranoia.

Its not paranoia. Its the fact that you must miss school for 5-10 days if you are the one of the unlucky ones who test positive. I don't want my kid missing school for 1-2 weeks--its too hard to catch up. Is it a coincidence that so many kids tested positive the week after masks were lifted. I don't think so. Whatever the belief on masks, I certainly hope people are pro having kids in school and not zooming in. Masks at least allowed that to happen for the past 8 months. Now we are back to zoomerang. so lovely.

We've kept our kids in virtual and its been fine. However, we are all sick now and its been in our house for over three weeks now cycling between all of us. Selfish people suck.

People get sick. Stop blaming others for your lack of an immune system. You need to be exposed to stuff to build it up. We stopped washing our hands and using sanitizer long ago. My kids got a few bugs, but haven't had covid yet. Stopped wearing masks long ago too. We're all vaccinated too, but if I had young children not yet vaccinated, at this stage I would not bother. The variant out there is harmless.

You stopped washing your hands? Are you saying that you didn't wash your hands until Covid? There's being exposed to stuff and then there's just being nasty.

It was inevitable. Never washing your hands to own the libs.

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Anonymous wrote:Gds Pk-8 has had no-talking/silent lunches for 15 months+ now.

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To be quiet for 10 minutes either so kids can eat, or as a form of discipline is not abusive or impactful on mental health.


In fact, it helps kids to know that adults are looking out for their well-being/providing some structure.

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My kids had silent lunch before the pandemic. It always seemed like punishment to me! Who wants to eat lunch in silence? But I guess the adults did not like the noise.

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I, the OP, was not talking about a few minutes of silence - I was talking about all of lunch, to limit COVID. I also was not condemning hand washing, but find that wiping desks and sanitizing hands every 45 minutes is excessive. I would love if people could simply mention whether their private does silent lunch. I think it's a bad idea for kids, who (more than ever) need to strengthen their social skills.

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Nysmith has done this since covid. They did drop masks this week.