Classroom without windows

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Anonymous wrote:I'm with OP's friend, I'd be concerned about this, and would definitely raise a big stink about it. While it might be a pain to do it, I would suggest that the kids rotate rooms every __ weeks so no one set of kids had to be in a windowless room all year.

Please tell me this is a joke and that you have much, much more serious matters to worry about

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think I'm going to tell my boss that it is unfair that some of us have windows and others don't, so we should rotate offices every month!!!! OMG, you are a nutball. Your kid is not going to be able to deal with anything as an adult.

My child is not a snowflake, and you people are ignorant. You've lived in this region so long that you think everyone is supposed to just get used to substandard treatment, that the luck of the draw drives your life and you just have to live with it. That's just bullshit.

What everyone here forgets is that everyone's job, mine included, is to provide a SERVICE, not to be a DICTATOR. I don't like working in spaces with no windows, so guess what? I make sure I am least near a window. I don't believe in suffering in silence. I also make sure anyone I work with/for gets the best situation available without being unfair to others. People in my company fight to be on my team and others are rotated in for training to bring my processes back to other groups.

My principal works with me and other parents because we invest time and resources to make sure every child has a great learning experience. But really, if I didn't contribute one damn thing, the principal is there to provide my child a good educational experience, and if I don't think that includes being in a windowless room, I have every right to speak up, and that principal better damn well not ignore me or treat my child any differently because I spoke up. You have to have standards, people, for the way you are treated, the way your children are treated, and the way people around you are treated.

The issue here that I see is that it is only the parents of the kids in the windowless room who are complaining. It should be ALL the parents, because if you let one set of kids be in a windowless room, then yes, you have no right to complain when it's your child in that room.

My child will be able to deal with things just fine in life, because she will have as an example a parent who contributes to her community and stands up for others as well as herself and her child.

Sounds like you PPs and your kids will be the ones sitting in the windowless classrooms of life. My child and I will be the ones enjoying views and sunshine and advocating to get you out. Hope to be enjoying the views with you soon .

You go, lady!!!! I want to be on your team!

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My kid had a windowless room for 1st grade. It turned out to be a non-issue. I was in the room regularly and it didn't seem claustrophobic. In fact, I think it actually removed what would have been a distraction. Of course, I never would have wanted my child to be in a windowless room... but I didn't really see it as something I should fuss about or something that could be changed if a fuss was made. But, I just wanted to say from someone whose child has actually experienced a year in a windowless classroom, it didn't affect her or the other kids and it was a non-issue.

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I think no windows would be a major safety hazard in case of fire or worse. Is this a public school???

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Anonymous wrote:I think no windows would be a major safety hazard in case of fire or worse. Is this a public school???

I'm the poster right before you -- yes this was a FCPS. They have even more of the no-window rooms now than they did a couple years ago. I haven't heard too many complaints about it.... but again, I think that's because parents realize the admin. doesn't have another room with windows available. What exactly do you expect the admin. to do if you are going to register your complaint about no windows? There are physical limitations to the school space.

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Like a PP's DH, I went to a high school where most classrooms had no windows in the classrooms. The ones that did had a single window located at floor level and couldn't have been more than 2 foot square. Wasn't an issue.

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I am in FCPS and if my DC were in a classroom with no windows, I would be on the phone with Gatehouse pronto. Definitely a safety hazard - I can't believe this is real - which school? You should, at the very least, report this to your school board member and ask them to follow up. All you need is a fire or another Cho and the kids in the windowless class have no way to escape/survive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am in FCPS and if my DC were in a classroom with no windows, I would be on the phone with Gatehouse pronto. Definitely a safety hazard - I can't believe this is real - which school? You should, at the very least, report this to your school board member and ask them to follow up. All you need is a fire or another Cho and the kids in the windowless class have no way to escape/survive.

I'm not in the part of the county that would even think of "calling Gatehouse." I know what that is, but I would suspect most people have never heard the word Gatehouse.... and no, we're not a high FARMS school. In fact, this school is 6-7 years old.

[Anonymous]

Just got back from parent's night at our public school and my daughter won't have windows this year. The school is overcrowded and they have to use every available room. I'm not thrilled about it but what can you do.

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My dd is going into 2nd grade, and she did not have a window in her classroom for K and neither did she have one for first grade. It was the furthest thing from my mind to complain about this. Not only are they using every available classroom, but they have a trailer for the older kids. How in the world could they give every kid a classroom with a window when many of the classrooms don't have them. They go out for recess, go to the cafeteria with a window. Get a life, this is ridiculous. You are definitely going to be That Mom if you go down this road.

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I'd rather be That Mom then the mom of a deceased child who loses his/her life in a fire or worse, all because there was no way out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather be That Mom then the mom of a deceased child who loses his/her life in a fire or worse, all because there was no way out!

Think of how safe the kid will be when there is a tornado in the windowless room. Maybe all kids should be in windowless rooms in case there are tornadoes.

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My DD was in a trailer for 1st grade. No windows. It was far from ideal. There was not adequate ventilation and the kids got sick a LOT that year. In addition their teacher admitted to suffering from seasonal affective disorder so she was definitely not a happy camper. I think it DOES matter (and the idea of a windowless room "removing distractions" for young children is dumbfounding to me frankly - we cod put them in solitary confinement with flash adds too). That said, she did survive the year and boy are we EVER grateful for the windows in her renovated classroom this year! Just weigh the costs/benefits of pushing for a change. Sometimes there really isn't much a principal can do.

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That's "flash cards"!

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Anonymous wrote:I am in FCPS and if my DC were in a classroom with no windows, I would be on the phone with Gatehouse pronto. Definitely a safety hazard - I can't believe this is real - which school? You should, at the very least, report this to your school board member and ask them to follow up. All you need is a fire or another Cho and the kids in the windowless class have no way to escape/survive.

I'm not in the part of the county that would even think of "calling Gatehouse." I know what that is, but I would suspect most people have never heard the word Gatehouse.... and no, we're not a high FARMS school. In fact, this school is 6-7 years old.

What is Gatehouse?