APS first day back. How did it go?

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

This was the rule in my DD's classroom last spring. They were allowed to drink from a bottle with a straw as long as the straw could slide under their mask without removing the straw.

Wow. I think that seems a bit extreme.

ES Teacher

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

I’m annoyed about that. Mine has to leave instruction and go in the hallway. It’s going overboard.

It takes a minute. If missing ONE minute of instruction is going to kill your kid, then your kid probably needs to be in a different classroom setting.

My kid is vaccinated, and so are his peers, who are masked in a room with a HEPA filter. Are we following the science, or not?

It’s a sip of water. I’m not saying we should unmask or not vaccinate, but like I said- that’s completely overboard. Should also add they’re eating breakfast in the same room.

Have you worked with kids? If you let them unmask for X, then they will ask for Y, or just assume Z is ok.

If they really need to hydrate, they can.

It’s not the end of the world if it takes more effort for the next week or two.

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My son ate inside today, said it was terrible (loud & crowded). The kids we know all prefer outside eating.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

This was the rule in my DD's classroom last spring. They were allowed to drink from a bottle with a straw as long as the straw could slide under their mask without removing the straw.

Wow. I think that seems a bit extreme.

ES Teacher

A different teacher here. We ask the kids to go to the hallway or use a straw. Hard to see how either of those are "extreme" lol.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

I’m annoyed about that. Mine has to leave instruction and go in the hallway. It’s going overboard.

It takes a minute. If missing ONE minute of instruction is going to kill your kid, then your kid probably needs to be in a different classroom setting.

My kid is vaccinated, and so are his peers, who are masked in a room with a HEPA filter. Are we following the science, or not?

It’s a sip of water. I’m not saying we should unmask or not vaccinate, but like I said- that’s completely overboard. Should also add they’re eating breakfast in the same room.

These are stressful times. I'd work with the teacher and see if a straw cup works. If not, perhaps your kid could plan ahead to get a drink before class starts?

I am not the pp you are addressing but come on - do you even hear yourself when you say this kind of stuff?! This is absolutely ridiculous what you are suggesting. Truly ridiculous. The worst part is you can’t even see it. Talk to your doctor. Read him/her your comments. Let them help with you with your health anxiety.

My point was merely that I wouldn't pick a fight over this. I did take on a teacher last spring when my DD's teacher banned books from home or the school library as a covid risk. That was a real education issue.

This is what happens when teachers don't trust their leadership's judgment of health and safety. They fill the vacuum with their own rules.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

I’m annoyed about that. Mine has to leave instruction and go in the hallway. It’s going overboard.

It takes a minute. If missing ONE minute of instruction is going to kill your kid, then your kid probably needs to be in a different classroom setting.

My kid is vaccinated, and so are his peers, who are masked in a room with a HEPA filter. Are we following the science, or not?

It’s a sip of water. I’m not saying we should unmask or not vaccinate, but like I said- that’s completely overboard. Should also add they’re eating breakfast in the same room.

Have you worked with kids? If you let them unmask for X, then they will ask for Y, or just assume Z is ok.

If they really need to hydrate, they can.

It’s not the end of the world if it takes more effort for the next week or two.

I’m a high school teacher in APS. They do the same thing, but they all have water bottles in class, and it’s not a big deal. Because it’s not. Like I said, they’re eating breakfast in the same room, so seems like they’re complying with water just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

I’m annoyed about that. Mine has to leave instruction and go in the hallway. It’s going overboard.

It takes a minute. If missing ONE minute of instruction is going to kill your kid, then your kid probably needs to be in a different classroom setting.

My kid is vaccinated, and so are his peers, who are masked in a room with a HEPA filter. Are we following the science, or not?

It’s a sip of water. I’m not saying we should unmask or not vaccinate, but like I said- that’s completely overboard. Should also add they’re eating breakfast in the same room.

These are stressful times. I'd work with the teacher and see if a straw cup works. If not, perhaps your kid could plan ahead to get a drink before class starts?

I am not the pp you are addressing but come on - do you even hear yourself when you say this kind of stuff?! This is absolutely ridiculous what you are suggesting. Truly ridiculous. The worst part is you can’t even see it. Talk to your doctor. Read him/her your comments. Let them help with you with your health anxiety.

My point was merely that I wouldn't pick a fight over this. I did take on a teacher last spring when my DD's teacher banned books from home or the school library as a covid risk. That was a real education issue.

This is what happens when teachers don't trust their leadership's judgment of health and safety. They fill the vacuum with their own rules.

This is not the teacher’s policy. It is a schoolwide policy.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

I’m annoyed about that. Mine has to leave instruction and go in the hallway. It’s going overboard.

It takes a minute. If missing ONE minute of instruction is going to kill your kid, then your kid probably needs to be in a different classroom setting.

My kid is vaccinated, and so are his peers, who are masked in a room with a HEPA filter. Are we following the science, or not?

It’s a sip of water. I’m not saying we should unmask or not vaccinate, but like I said- that’s completely overboard. Should also add they’re eating breakfast in the same room.

These are stressful times. I'd work with the teacher and see if a straw cup works. If not, perhaps your kid could plan ahead to get a drink before class starts?

I am not the pp you are addressing but come on - do you even hear yourself when you say this kind of stuff?! This is absolutely ridiculous what you are suggesting. Truly ridiculous. The worst part is you can’t even see it. Talk to your doctor. Read him/her your comments. Let them help with you with your health anxiety.

My point was merely that I wouldn't pick a fight over this. I did take on a teacher last spring when my DD's teacher banned books from home or the school library as a covid risk. That was a real education issue.

This is what happens when teachers don't trust their leadership's judgment of health and safety. They fill the vacuum with their own rules.

This is not the teacher’s policy. It is a schoolwide policy.

Clearly not at all schools. Some teacher or principal--without any formal public health guidance--invented the rule. Maybe it's good. Maybe it's bad. But I promise you the person making the rule at the school level isn't the right person to be making that decision. It's a failure of APS leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son ate inside today, said it was terrible (loud & crowded). The kids we know all prefer outside eating.

Wow what a hard life. I am so sorry he had to go through such a traumatic experience.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

I’m annoyed about that. Mine has to leave instruction and go in the hallway. It’s going overboard.

It takes a minute. If missing ONE minute of instruction is going to kill your kid, then your kid probably needs to be in a different classroom setting.

My kid is vaccinated, and so are his peers, who are masked in a room with a HEPA filter. Are we following the science, or not?

It’s a sip of water. I’m not saying we should unmask or not vaccinate, but like I said- that’s completely overboard. Should also add they’re eating breakfast in the same room.

These are stressful times. I'd work with the teacher and see if a straw cup works. If not, perhaps your kid could plan ahead to get a drink before class starts?

I am not the pp you are addressing but come on - do you even hear yourself when you say this kind of stuff?! This is absolutely ridiculous what you are suggesting. Truly ridiculous. The worst part is you can’t even see it. Talk to your doctor. Read him/her your comments. Let them help with you with your health anxiety.

My point was merely that I wouldn't pick a fight over this. I did take on a teacher last spring when my DD's teacher banned books from home or the school library as a covid risk. That was a real education issue.

This is what happens when teachers don't trust their leadership's judgment of health and safety. They fill the vacuum with their own rules.

Yeah, that’s too much. No books?? We know that CoVID is not that transmissible on surfaces. I’d be upset, too.

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Anonymous wrote:My son ate inside today, said it was terrible (loud & crowded). The kids we know all prefer outside eating.

Wow what a hard life. I am so sorry he had to go through such a traumatic experience.

You’re a gem. Simply offering a perspective other than “my kids will die of hypothermia if they are forced outside one more day!”

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

This was the rule in my DD's classroom last spring. They were allowed to drink from a bottle with a straw as long as the straw could slide under their mask without removing the straw.

Wow. I think that seems a bit extreme.

ES Teacher

A different teacher here. We ask the kids to go to the hallway or use a straw. Hard to see how either of those are "extreme" lol.

Completely nuts. I'm sure these teachers are eating inside restaurants too. Ridiculous and cruel

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

I’m annoyed about that. Mine has to leave instruction and go in the hallway. It’s going overboard.

It takes a minute. If missing ONE minute of instruction is going to kill your kid, then your kid probably needs to be in a different classroom setting.

My kid is vaccinated, and so are his peers, who are masked in a room with a HEPA filter. Are we following the science, or not?

It’s a sip of water. I’m not saying we should unmask or not vaccinate, but like I said- that’s completely overboard. Should also add they’re eating breakfast in the same room.

These are stressful times. I'd work with the teacher and see if a straw cup works. If not, perhaps your kid could plan ahead to get a drink before class starts?

I am not the pp you are addressing but come on - do you even hear yourself when you say this kind of stuff?! This is absolutely ridiculous what you are suggesting. Truly ridiculous. The worst part is you can’t even see it. Talk to your doctor. Read him/her your comments. Let them help with you with your health anxiety.

My point was merely that I wouldn't pick a fight over this. I did take on a teacher last spring when my DD's teacher banned books from home or the school library as a covid risk. That was a real education issue.

This is what happens when teachers don't trust their leadership's judgment of health and safety. They fill the vacuum with their own rules.

Yeah, that’s too much. No books?? We know that CoVID is not that transmissible on surfaces. I’d be upset, too.

Yeah, we got her to allow books after speaking with the principal but she refused to let the kids do work on paper because of the covid risk--she didn't want to touch papers that they'd touched--so 2nd graders only did work on the iPad even after returning in person. It was beyond ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

This was the rule in my DD's classroom last spring. They were allowed to drink from a bottle with a straw as long as the straw could slide under their mask without removing the straw.

Wow. I think that seems a bit extreme.

ES Teacher

A different teacher here. We ask the kids to go to the hallway or use a straw. Hard to see how either of those are "extreme" lol.

Completely nuts. I'm sure these teachers are eating inside restaurants too. Ridiculous and cruel

Cruel?? Water bottles in the classroom is a relatively new cultural phenomenon. If a kid got thirsty during class not that long ago, he requested permission to…..leave the classroom to get some water. Smdh.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was told they are not allowed to drink from their water bottles all day due to Omicron

This was the rule in my DD's classroom last spring. They were allowed to drink from a bottle with a straw as long as the straw could slide under their mask without removing the straw.

That seems reasonable to me.

While restaurants, bars and gyms are wide open. This child abuse at this point. So ridiculous.

Everyone is getting COVID. My husband has it right now. It is a cold. And yes, I'm definitely still sending the kids to school and we're not doing dumb testing either.

Wait...your husband has Covid right now, and you're still sending your kids to school without testing for it?? Do you even wear a mask?