lockdown at ES track meet; students all okay

[Anonymous]

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So glad to see the city is, as per usual, on top of it 🙄

[Anonymous]

Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

What?

I don't have kids in track, but it seems like a good thing to give them a chance to actually complete this? They will go, they'll be safe, they'll have a different memory to store of their track meet.

I am a trauma survivor... There is nothing more important confronting the thing you fear. Otherwise your world will shrink post trauma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

What?

I don't have kids in track, but it seems like a good thing to give them a chance to actually complete this? They will go, they'll be safe, they'll have a different memory to store of their track meet.

I am a trauma survivor... There is nothing more important confronting the thing you fear. Otherwise your world will shrink post trauma.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

What?

I don't have kids in track, but it seems like a good thing to give them a chance to actually complete this? They will go, they'll be safe, they'll have a different memory to store of their track meet.

I am a trauma survivor... There is nothing more important confronting the thing you fear. Otherwise your world will shrink post trauma.

+1

Also, what is wrong with encouraging a group of athletes to celebrate/work hard after a season? Matching tents or non matching tents, glad the kids will get to make up their meet! Maybe some families will not attend, but if my kid was in the meet I would 100% be there both to celebrate my kid/school and also to show my kid that you can’t hide/live in fear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

This is a weird take. Our school made clear that it was up to the kids and families whether or not to go. Is your school pressuring your kid to go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

What?

I don't have kids in track, but it seems like a good thing to give them a chance to actually complete this? They will go, they'll be safe, they'll have a different memory to store of their track meet.

I am a trauma survivor... There is nothing more important confronting the thing you fear. Otherwise your world will shrink post trauma.

+1

Also, what is wrong with encouraging a group of athletes to celebrate/work hard after a season? Matching tents or non matching tents, glad the kids will get to make up their meet! Maybe some families will not attend, but if my kid was in the meet I would 100% be there both to celebrate my kid/school and also to show my kid that you can’t hide/live in fear.

I am very glad this meet has been rescheduled. Between the options of shrink from it or reschedule it, the latter is definitely best.

But let's be serious -- these kids are 8-10. They are not athletes and there has been no hard work. This kind of huge meet with dozens of schools is not something DCPS should be doing in the first place.

[Anonymous]

We aren’t being pressured but DCPS has a deadline to answer.

8 to 10 not 20 year olds

Trauma is different for different people at different ages.

Also some children saw the gunman and some were far away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

What?

I don't have kids in track, but it seems like a good thing to give them a chance to actually complete this? They will go, they'll be safe, they'll have a different memory to store of their track meet.

I am a trauma survivor... There is nothing more important confronting the thing you fear. Otherwise your world will shrink post trauma.

+1

Also, what is wrong with encouraging a group of athletes to celebrate/work hard after a season? Matching tents or non matching tents, glad the kids will get to make up their meet! Maybe some families will not attend, but if my kid was in the meet I would 100% be there both to celebrate my kid/school and also to show my kid that you can’t hide/live in fear.

I am very glad this meet has been rescheduled. Between the options of shrink from it or reschedule it, the latter is definitely best.

But let's be serious -- these kids are 8-10. They are not athletes and there has been no hard work. This kind of huge meet with dozens of schools is not something DCPS should be doing in the first place.

Not sure why not, I think giving the kids exposure to sports, spelling bees, math bowls etc are all good ways to expose kids to trying new things and building confidence. Even if they may be less than perfectly organized and not up to the standards of outside of school clubs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We aren’t being pressured but DCPS has a deadline to answer.

8 to 10 not 20 year olds

Trauma is different for different people at different ages.

Also some children saw the gunman and some were far away.

Totally agree that kids and teachers are experiencing different levels of trauma from this. And they are giving everyone a choice whether to attend the rescheduled meet. (I have no dog in this fight, I just don’t share your opinion that rescheduling is wrong footed.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

For us to manage? You work for DCIAA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

What?

I don't have kids in track, but it seems like a good thing to give them a chance to actually complete this? They will go, they'll be safe, they'll have a different memory to store of their track meet.

I am a trauma survivor... There is nothing more important confronting the thing you fear. Otherwise your world will shrink post trauma.

+1

Also, what is wrong with encouraging a group of athletes to celebrate/work hard after a season? Matching tents or non matching tents, glad the kids will get to make up their meet! Maybe some families will not attend, but if my kid was in the meet I would 100% be there both to celebrate my kid/school and also to show my kid that you can’t hide/live in fear.

I am very glad this meet has been rescheduled. Between the options of shrink from it or reschedule it, the latter is definitely best.

But let's be serious -- these kids are 8-10. They are not athletes and there has been no hard work. This kind of huge meet with dozens of schools is not something DCPS should be doing in the first place.

Not sure why not, I think giving the kids exposure to sports, spelling bees, math bowls etc are all good ways to expose kids to trying new things and building confidence. Even if they may be less than perfectly organized and not up to the standards of outside of school clubs.

Cost/benefit. It's great to give kids exposure to sports. However, the goals could be accomplished (eg, elementary kids could have a mini track meet with a few other schools) without undertaking the tremendous use of resources required to hold these city-wide, full-scale meets.

When your kids are older and you see how insufficient the resources are for teens that are, in fact, athletes needing real sports, it will be clearer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

What?

I don't have kids in track, but it seems like a good thing to give them a chance to actually complete this? They will go, they'll be safe, they'll have a different memory to store of their track meet.

I am a trauma survivor... There is nothing more important confronting the thing you fear. Otherwise your world will shrink post trauma.

+1

Also, what is wrong with encouraging a group of athletes to celebrate/work hard after a season? Matching tents or non matching tents, glad the kids will get to make up their meet! Maybe some families will not attend, but if my kid was in the meet I would 100% be there both to celebrate my kid/school and also to show my kid that you can’t hide/live in fear.

I am very glad this meet has been rescheduled. Between the options of shrink from it or reschedule it, the latter is definitely best.

But let's be serious -- these kids are 8-10. They are not athletes and there has been no hard work. This kind of huge meet with dozens of schools is not something DCPS should be doing in the first place.

Not sure why not, I think giving the kids exposure to sports, spelling bees, math bowls etc are all good ways to expose kids to trying new things and building confidence. Even if they may be less than perfectly organized and not up to the standards of outside of school clubs.

Cost/benefit. It's great to give kids exposure to sports. However, the goals could be accomplished (eg, elementary kids could have a mini track meet with a few other schools) without undertaking the tremendous use of resources required to hold these city-wide, full-scale meets.

When your kids are older and you see how insufficient the resources are for teens that are, in fact, athletes needing real sports, it will be clearer.

Who knows - the way DCIAA staffs events I am not sure it would save resources to have more smaller events. Either way, I am a parent of a teen DCPS athlete and I think those bigger elementary and early middle school events are what get kids excited in the first place, so I am all for it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

For us to manage? You work for DCIAA?

So you aren’t managing how to talk to your kids about this? Therapy appointments and the like?

You don’t have to manage a job, end of school activities, etc. and now talking to your kid about death on top of it. Lucky you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

For us to manage? You work for DCIAA?

So you aren’t managing how to talk to your kids about this? Therapy appointments and the like?

You don’t have to manage a job, end of school activities, etc. and now talking to your kid about death on top of it. Lucky you

Respectfully, just sit the meet out. Like really it’s ok.