APS: Holding a Concurrent Hybrid Spot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here between classes. I would be realllllly hesitant to believe outdoor lunch happens much before it’s warmer. Kids come underdressed all the time, no coat. It rains a LOT in March/April. Do not count on outdoor lunch being possible very much until probably May when coats and clothing and wetness won’t be an issue. Even then I can guarantee some parents will say their kids can’t due to seasonal allergies, we get that email from the nurse every spring when we try to do fun stuff outside. Not dissuading anyone from hybrid - just giving you reality. Plan on indoor lunch more often than not, wherever that might be.

Thank you for this. I think many of us want to hear it straight from our Principals/teachers. No guessing, no bias in what parents want, but the truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously people, there are hundred of families in all of your schools, you will not be outing yourself if you identify which school you're talking about when you discuss your school's plans. In fact, if you don't share the school, your posts are fairly useless because no one else has a way to know if your info is credible, or based on an off-hand comment at a PTA meeting two months ago that's been changed since then.

Why does it matter?

If you're taking the time to post about your school, presumably it's because you think you're adding value to the discussion. But if you don't identify the school, you probably aren't adding much value, so posting without naming the school is probably a waste of your time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here between classes. I would be realllllly hesitant to believe outdoor lunch happens much before it’s warmer. Kids come underdressed all the time, no coat. It rains a LOT in March/April. Do not count on outdoor lunch being possible very much until probably May when coats and clothing and wetness won’t be an issue. Even then I can guarantee some parents will say their kids can’t due to seasonal allergies, we get that email from the nurse every spring when we try to do fun stuff outside. Not dissuading anyone from hybrid - just giving you reality. Plan on indoor lunch more often than not, wherever that might be.

I hear what you’re saying about the rain, but wouldn’t the cold impact recess as well? I know at our school in the past they’ve had recess unless it was under 32°.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here between classes. I would be realllllly hesitant to believe outdoor lunch happens much before it’s warmer. Kids come underdressed all the time, no coat. It rains a LOT in March/April. Do not count on outdoor lunch being possible very much until probably May when coats and clothing and wetness won’t be an issue. Even then I can guarantee some parents will say their kids can’t due to seasonal allergies, we get that email from the nurse every spring when we try to do fun stuff outside. Not dissuading anyone from hybrid - just giving you reality. Plan on indoor lunch more often than not, wherever that might be.

I hear what you’re saying about the rain, but wouldn’t the cold impact recess as well? I know at our school in the past they’ve had recess unless it was under 32°.

Yes it does impact recess. The kids don’t go out. They do indoor recess in those times. Which is why I’m telling you now don’t look to outdoor lunches being a thing until probably late April!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here between classes. I would be realllllly hesitant to believe outdoor lunch happens much before it’s warmer. Kids come underdressed all the time, no coat. It rains a LOT in March/April. Do not count on outdoor lunch being possible very much until probably May when coats and clothing and wetness won’t be an issue. Even then I can guarantee some parents will say their kids can’t due to seasonal allergies, we get that email from the nurse every spring when we try to do fun stuff outside. Not dissuading anyone from hybrid - just giving you reality. Plan on indoor lunch more often than not, wherever that might be.

Thank you for this. I think many of us want to hear it straight from our Principals/teachers. No guessing, no bias in what parents want, but the truth.

Agree. Better to know the truth about this now. You don’t want to hear about aspirations for outdoor lunch and then send your kid and realize they are eating indoors everyday (if group meals indoors are a concern for you. I know they are not for many parents on here!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here between classes. I would be realllllly hesitant to believe outdoor lunch happens much before it’s warmer. Kids come underdressed all the time, no coat. It rains a LOT in March/April. Do not count on outdoor lunch being possible very much until probably May when coats and clothing and wetness won’t be an issue. Even then I can guarantee some parents will say their kids can’t due to seasonal allergies, we get that email from the nurse every spring when we try to do fun stuff outside. Not dissuading anyone from hybrid - just giving you reality. Plan on indoor lunch more often than not, wherever that might be.

Thank you for this. I think many of us want to hear it straight from our Principals/teachers. No guessing, no bias in what parents want, but the truth.

Agree. Better to know the truth about this now. You don’t want to hear about aspirations for outdoor lunch and then send your kid and realize they are eating indoors everyday (if group meals indoors are a concern for you. I know they are not for many parents on here!)

Similarly, if you are expecting lunch in the classroom, it’s good to know if it’ll be in the cafeteria.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here between classes. I would be realllllly hesitant to believe outdoor lunch happens much before it’s warmer. Kids come underdressed all the time, no coat. It rains a LOT in March/April. Do not count on outdoor lunch being possible very much until probably May when coats and clothing and wetness won’t be an issue. Even then I can guarantee some parents will say their kids can’t due to seasonal allergies, we get that email from the nurse every spring when we try to do fun stuff outside. Not dissuading anyone from hybrid - just giving you reality. Plan on indoor lunch more often than not, wherever that might be.

Thank you for this. I think many of us want to hear it straight from our Principals/teachers. No guessing, no bias in what parents want, but the truth.

Agree. Better to know the truth about this now. You don’t want to hear about aspirations for outdoor lunch and then send your kid and realize they are eating indoors everyday (if group meals indoors are a concern for you. I know they are not for many parents on here!)

Similarly, if you are expecting lunch in the classroom, it’s good to know if it’ll be in the cafeteria.

I’m the teacher PP. this is what would vary school by school. I just don’t see how most schools can manage outside lunch with the resources we have and the weather. It’s not like there’s even tents. Kids aren’t going to eat outside on the wet cold ground. My kid didn’t even go outside for recess today at school. So, whatever the “goal” is just know it’s probably not the reality for most schools for awhile .

[Anonymous]

It sounds like Ashlawn is doing a mixture of classroom and cafeteria. I missed the PTA meeting so I don’t know the specifics but parents were told that if they are in the classrooms, they will be using lunch shields so they can be safer eating 6 feet apart from each other instead of 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our principal said you will be counted absent if you are hybrid but don’t show up on your hybrid day w/o an excuse.

I think it depends on the make up of the number of kids in a class that are hybrid/DL. It looks like classes in PreK-2 do not have the opportunity for kids who are hybrid to switch to virtual on an in-person learning day. And for 3-5 I guess if every kid in that class picked hybrid there would be no virtual on in person days? It’s very complicated.