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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. MCPS has had bocce at Einstein and Churchill for many years. It is an Allied Sport - disabled students play alongside neurotypical students. It's a fantastic program. That being said, I know nothing about the COVID funds.[/quote]

It was federal money that was meant to help alleviate the negative impact of the Covid pandemic.  MCPS used it for bocce instead of using it to hire additional staff or to upgrade buildings or to buy necessary supplies.[/quote]

Using it to teach kids a game they can play together while social distancing (Bocce is really good for this) seems reasonable.

Students with disabilities, especially the more significantly disabled kids who are most likely to play bocce, were hugely disproportionately impacted by covid.   Medically, they are far more at risk, and the social impact on kids who can't interact via text or use technology independently has been enormous.  Using covid funds to provide safe opportunities for kids to develop the skills they lost seems like one of the best uses for covid funds. [/quote]

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