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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP,
Thanks for considering McPS.  I have one kkd in a Ms and two that finished.  To answer your question, my impression is that they don’t have a great way to supervise the kids and so the kids have just collectively quit the changing thing.  I remember from my own years, girls got bullied for not having breasts or having weird underwear, at least one girl got knifed while undressed, and the female gym teacher was beyond creepy and always touching people or yelling at them.  Not having to change avoids all that.

I don’t think it’s true that kids just ignore Pe.  For my son, it was a highlight of the day and o know he got along great with the PE teachers—they still ask about him.   For my girls, it was more mixed — it really depended on what activity they were doing and the teacher.  I think one challenge is that if you do skmething like basketball, some kids are going to be really good and others will not be, and then they got mocked by the good kids.  So those units are miserable for the majority of kids and they will often try to sit out rather than be made fun of.  Things like archery and pickleball or weightlifting seem to work better.   In my experience, the kids respond really well to teachers that are enthusiastic and empathetic.  One of my kids is still talking about a gym teacher that made her run the mile on crutches because she had forgotten the note excusing her—he had sort of a drill sergeant mentality, at least when it came to the girls.  But I know that many of the gym teachers are very beloved by the kids and the kids really appreciate the time to just play with their friends, as the don’t get much opportunity to do that once they hit MS.[/quote]

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