ACPS is a covid cluster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eight weeks into the school year during a pandemic at least one ACPS elementary school will allow outdoor lunch once a week. https://mailchi.mp/acps.k12.va.us/outdoor-lunch-at-polk-1315066?e=6ea9486b90

Oh goodness - now what parents are not in favor of eating lunch outside. Having two different places for lunch is super annoying for school staff. I believe Naomi Brooks is also doing outdoor lunch.

[Anonymous]

Why is there even an option to opt out of outdoor lunch? It’s like saying they can opt out of outdoor recess. Kinda ludicrous and overly complicated. Our ES refuses to do outdoor lunch due to lack of lunch monitors but that didn’t make sense to me, since indoor lunch also requires monitors. Is this why? Are they over complicating it because they feel the need to provide both indoor and outdoor options to parents? That seems crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is there even an option to opt out of outdoor lunch? It’s like saying they can opt out of outdoor recess. Kinda ludicrous and overly complicated. Our ES refuses to do outdoor lunch due to lack of lunch monitors but that didn’t make sense to me, since indoor lunch also requires monitors. Is this why? Are they over complicating it because they feel the need to provide both indoor and outdoor options to parents? That seems crazy.

Apparently there ARE parents who refuse to allow their children to eat lunch outside. It seems crazy but they are the ones keeping everyone inside. I have a hard time understanding why they want all of the kids inside or why they are refusing to allow their kids to go outside. I want our kids outside as much as possible, Covid or no Covid.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

Going outside is part of homeschool, too. Good grief.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

Going outside is part of homeschool, too. Good grief.

I think the point is that with homeschooling, you can pick and choose what your kids do. If there’s a family that wants to keep the child cooped up inside all day, they should do that through homeschooling not force it on the public school students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

Going outside is part of homeschool, too. Good grief.

I think the point is that with homeschooling, you can pick and choose what your kids do. If there’s a family that wants to keep the child cooped up inside all day, they should do that through homeschooling not force it on the public school students.

By this logic, people should homeschool if they have any disagreement about any choice the school makes. Either be OK with it or....homeschool?

I think it's ridiculous that parents would argue against outdoor lunch. But ire should be directed at the school/school district for making such a mess of this, not at individual parents. They should be having outdoor lunch because it is logical and a good mitigating strategy. They're not, as a district policy, because at nearly every turn they have shown a lack of agility and creativity. That's something to be annoyed about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

Going outside is part of homeschool, too. Good grief.

I think the point is that with homeschooling, you can pick and choose what your kids do. If there’s a family that wants to keep the child cooped up inside all day, they should do that through homeschooling not force it on the public school students.

By this logic, people should homeschool if they have any disagreement about any choice the school makes. Either be OK with it or....homeschool?

I think it's ridiculous that parents would argue against outdoor lunch. But ire should be directed at the school/school district for making such a mess of this, not at individual parents. They should be having outdoor lunch because it is logical and a good mitigating strategy. They're not, as a district policy, because at nearly every turn they have shown a lack of agility and creativity. That's something to be annoyed about.

It’s not a district policy. Some ACPS schools are now doing outdoor lunch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

Going outside is part of homeschool, too. Good grief.

I think the point is that with homeschooling, you can pick and choose what your kids do. If there’s a family that wants to keep the child cooped up inside all day, they should do that through homeschooling not force it on the public school students.

By this logic, people should homeschool if they have any disagreement about any choice the school makes. Either be OK with it or....homeschool?

I think it's ridiculous that parents would argue against outdoor lunch. But ire should be directed at the school/school district for making such a mess of this, not at individual parents. They should be having outdoor lunch because it is logical and a good mitigating strategy. They're not, as a district policy, because at nearly every turn they have shown a lack of agility and creativity. That's something to be annoyed about.

It’s not a district policy. Some ACPS schools are now doing outdoor lunch.

Yes, I know. But there SHOULD be a district policy is my point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

Going outside is part of homeschool, too. Good grief.

I think the point is that with homeschooling, you can pick and choose what your kids do. If there’s a family that wants to keep the child cooped up inside all day, they should do that through homeschooling not force it on the public school students.

By this logic, people should homeschool if they have any disagreement about any choice the school makes. Either be OK with it or....homeschool?

I think it's ridiculous that parents would argue against outdoor lunch. But ire should be directed at the school/school district for making such a mess of this, not at individual parents. They should be having outdoor lunch because it is logical and a good mitigating strategy. They're not, as a district policy, because at nearly every turn they have shown a lack of agility and creativity. That's something to be annoyed about.

It’s not a district policy. Some ACPS schools are now doing outdoor lunch.

And the outdoor lunch plans at those schools have each student eating outside only one day a week. The inability to implement outside lunch at this point in the pandemic is inexcusable and incomprehensible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should homeschool? Going outside is part of school.

Going outside is part of homeschool, too. Good grief.

I think the point is that with homeschooling, you can pick and choose what your kids do. If there’s a family that wants to keep the child cooped up inside all day, they should do that through homeschooling not force it on the public school students.

By this logic, people should homeschool if they have any disagreement about any choice the school makes. Either be OK with it or....homeschool?

I think it's ridiculous that parents would argue against outdoor lunch. But ire should be directed at the school/school district for making such a mess of this, not at individual parents. They should be having outdoor lunch because it is logical and a good mitigating strategy. They're not, as a district policy, because at nearly every turn they have shown a lack of agility and creativity. That's something to be annoyed about.

It’s not a district policy. Some ACPS schools are now doing outdoor lunch.

And the outdoor lunch plans at those schools have each student eating outside only one day a week. The inability to implement outside lunch at this point in the pandemic is inexcusable and incomprehensible.

This. It’s not rocket science — other districts are doing it.