School not allowing access to water in hot weather

[Anonymous]

I finally just got a Dr Note so my kid can carry around a water bottle, get drinks anytime. It's ridiculous and they NEED hydration but it's inconvenient for the schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My school tends to be pretty caring, but I did attend a field trip to Elleanor C Lawrence park. The kids got to use a net in the pond, then dug up worms. They were not encouraged to bring water. None of the children had water the whole time, and 50% of the time, we stood in the hot sun. My dd had water since I brought it for her. I felt really bad that the children went all morning outside in the sun with nothing to drink.

No kid is going to die from a morning field trip without a personal water bottle.

+1

It hasn't been that hot here. One morning outside is healthy, not dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My school tends to be pretty caring, but I did attend a field trip to Elleanor C Lawrence park. The kids got to use a net in the pond, then dug up worms. They were not encouraged to bring water. None of the children had water the whole time, and 50% of the time, we stood in the hot sun. My dd had water since I brought it for her. I felt really bad that the children went all morning outside in the sun with nothing to drink.

No kid is going to die from a morning field trip without a personal water bottle.

+1

It hasn't been that hot here. One morning outside is healthy, not dangerous.

It was in the high 80's today, with high humidity. A kid can absolutely die from dehydration and heat stroke. Plenty have. Are you a pediatrician? I'm guessing not. Like the teachers involved, you make decisions that hurt kids out of complete ignorance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My school tends to be pretty caring, but I did attend a field trip to Elleanor C Lawrence park. The kids got to use a net in the pond, then dug up worms. They were not encouraged to bring water. None of the children had water the whole time, and 50% of the time, we stood in the hot sun. My dd had water since I brought it for her. I felt really bad that the children went all morning outside in the sun with nothing to drink.

No kid is going to die from a morning field trip without a personal water bottle.

+1

It hasn't been that hot here. One morning outside is healthy, not dangerous.

It was in the high 80's today, with high humidity. A kid can absolutely die from dehydration and heat stroke. Plenty have. Are you a pediatrician? I'm guessing not. Like the teachers involved, you make decisions that hurt kids out of complete ignorance.

No, I grew up in Texas, where kids have died of heat stroke in August while wearing football uniforms. Not playing outside in the morning in May.

[Anonymous]

It was in the high 80's today, with high humidity. A kid can absolutely die from dehydration and heat stroke. Plenty have. Are you a pediatrician? I'm guessing not. Like the teachers involved, you make decisions that hurt kids out of complete ignorance.

Lady, it sounds like you need to get your child checked out if he needs that much water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It was in the high 80's today, with high humidity. A kid can absolutely die from dehydration and heat stroke. Plenty have. Are you a pediatrician? I'm guessing not. Like the teachers involved, you make decisions that hurt kids out of complete ignorance.

Lady, it sounds like you need to get your child checked out if he needs that much water.

You must not have read the first post. 2 children got sick already - one actually fainted. They ARE getting sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My school tends to be pretty caring, but I did attend a field trip to Elleanor C Lawrence park. The kids got to use a net in the pond, then dug up worms. They were not encouraged to bring water. None of the children had water the whole time, and 50% of the time, we stood in the hot sun. My dd had water since I brought it for her. I felt really bad that the children went all morning outside in the sun with nothing to drink.

No kid is going to die from a morning field trip without a personal water bottle.

+1

It hasn't been that hot here. One morning outside is healthy, not dangerous.

It was in the high 80's today, with high humidity. A kid can absolutely die from dehydration and heat stroke. Plenty have. Are you a pediatrician? I'm guessing not. Like the teachers involved, you make decisions that hurt kids out of complete ignorance.

No, I grew up in Texas, where kids have died of heat stroke in August while wearing football uniforms. Not playing outside in the morning in May.

Seriously, we never had water bottles at our desks growing up. We drank water at recess if we were thirsty. The troll's story keeps changing, first the girl fainted and was on the ground while the teacher ordered the kids to keep working in front of other parents. Then the parent took the kid to the hospital. The story changed to make the girl fainted for a second which may or may not have anything to do with water. Then the girl's parent took her not to the hospital but to a clinic or doctor. Maybe it wasn't two days in a row. Try and keep your made up story straight.

[Anonymous]

All students should have water bottles on their desks. Dehydration leads to cancer. Sorry it's inconvenient but it's healthy. No one is going to keep my child who also goes straight to a sport every day from drinking water. Period.

[Anonymous]

There are two separate stories here. The questionable OP with the fainting children and lack of parental intervention, because you know, teacher is scary. And then there is asecond story of pp feeling sorry for kids on a morning field trip to the park in May because they didn't each have water bottles to carry around. Because you know, 80 degrees and humidity leads to death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - I don't want to say what school. Not surprisingly, it already has terrible reviews on Greatschools. Does anyone know where I could write (anonymously - the principal is all about retribution) to complain?

OMG, if you will email me the school, *I* will write to the principal for you and cc the school board or superintendent or anyone else! That is absolutely unacceptable. I cannot believe the response to the fainting. I would be FURIOUS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It was in the high 80's today, with high humidity. A kid can absolutely die from dehydration and heat stroke. Plenty have. Are you a pediatrician? I'm guessing not. Like the teachers involved, you make decisions that hurt kids out of complete ignorance.

Lady, it sounds like you need to get your child checked out if he needs that much water.

You must not have read the first post. 2 children got sick already - one actually fainted. They ARE getting sick.

It must have been the project-based learning.

[Anonymous]

Well, my 7 yo kid goes to an awesome FCPS, and she was in tears when I picked her up yesterday, because it was very hot and humid at Mount Vernon where they had their field trip, and not enough water fountain breaks were provided, according to her.

I've also had teachers discourage water drinking in the past because it leads to frequent bathroom breaks and accidents. So it does happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, my 7 yo kid goes to an awesome FCPS, and she was in tears when I picked her up yesterday, because it was very hot and humid at Mount Vernon where they had their field trip, and not enough water fountain breaks were provided, according to her.

I've also had teachers discourage water drinking in the past because it leads to frequent bathroom breaks and accidents. So it does happen.

No one has said it doesn't happen, just that it isn't rampant and typical of the entire district. What is typical is having water bottles on desks in ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, my 7 yo kid goes to an awesome FCPS, and she was in tears when I picked her up yesterday, because it was very hot and humid at Mount Vernon where they had their field trip, and not enough water fountain breaks were provided, according to her.

I've also had teachers discourage water drinking in the past because it leads to frequent bathroom breaks and accidents. So it does happen.

I wonder if you go to the same school as my child. I was on a field trip to Mt. Vernon yesterday and it was pretty rough. A lot of walking, no water or food, a hot bus ride. All of the kids were saying they were hungry or thirsty or their stomachs hurt. One got sick and his mother took him home. The teacher did not plan to have any water breaks at all - the kids just happened to find a fountain. I said something about it, but the teacher got angry. Maybe if more parents spoke up this wouldn't happen - she does it this way every year.

[Anonymous]

Why didn't the kids just bring water bottles on the trip?