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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They will sit around on their phones at "recess". I'm not against breaks, but study hall would be more useful to them by middle school. Also, maybe FCPS can make it easier for students to partake of sports teams at school. Lower the barrier to entry, allow walks ons to the teams. I know of many students who would like to play a team sport at school, but it is hard to compete against the kids are already on travel team$, etc. for a spot. I don't think recess is the problem here.[/quote]

There are no sports in FCPS middle schools? They did away with them a few years ago.[/quote]

-There has never been sports in MS. And 15 minutes is not going to bring MS sports to FCPS. The MS Afterschool Program is working on this issue. A few schools informally started playing each other. Honestly though, this isnt going to solve the issue for HS…you arent making the HS Boys Soccer team if you are just playing middle school soccer w/ the after school program.

-To answer another poster, we are not allowed to confiscate phones.

-Also, the new reg specifically says the kids have to go outside unless there is inclimate weather, so I assume the schools that are currently letting kids roam inside the building will no longer be able to do that.

-My school actually has a lot of field space, but it only has one small blacktop. The blacktop is how PE classes access the fields, so there is constant mixing of kids on break w/ kids in class. It causes some headaches for the PE teachers (especially now that there are no required PR uniforms to easily identify break kids vs. PE kids). If PE is using the fields, we have the small blacktop for use, a small interior courtyard, and a small patch of grass at the front of the school. It requires a lot of teachers to monitor, unlike a fenced in playground at an ES. [/quote]

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