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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Focus school here so high farms rate. OUr kids go out unless below 32. The problem is like someone else said, is that they allow for a wind chill and take the temp early in the morning so al lot of the time it might be high 30s but they still wont go out. Drives me bonkers. Decision is made by the Principal not individual teachers so coats are not a factor.

I had an issue one day last year when I went in for lunch with DD. They were having indoor recess after lunch and when I asked why I was told because it was raining. It wasnt raining so I told them that. Like I had just walked into the school and it was dry. Well apparently the decision had been made at 9am for the whole day.  I actually emailed the Principal and it turns out there was a miscommunication somewhere along the line. Still very annoying though.[/quote]

I work in a focus school and if the temperature is questionable it is checked right before the first recess. They will also reassess for the subsequent recess periods. So if 5th grade has the first recess and the temp including wind chill is 32 or above, they'll go out. Then if it starts raining before 3rd grade recess they'll make 3rd grade recess indoors, but if it stops raining in time for 1st grade recess then 1st grade will get to go outside. This is the way they run it in my kids' non focus school as well. [/quote]

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