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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you do it for some, do it for all. Don’t give one group an advantage the others don’t get.

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What does this mean?  My proposal is that anyone who plays a high school team sport gets a semester credit for PE.  But if you don't play a high school team sport you have to take PE.  Do you have a problem with this?[/quote]

(Why so aggressive?)

“Kid would rather take a different elective.”

Taking a different elective like another AP class that strengthens their college applications? Like that?

How many kids do you think would rather take a different elective? How many do you think are involved in sports and other extracurriculars outside of school?

Why should the basketball/football/whatever team get the opportunity take a different elective? What makes them special?
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If someone can successfully complete a full courseload, a varsity/JV sport, and then (by opting out of PE) an additional AP class? More power to them, I say.

But this is DCPS, and if people star squawking about fairness, it will never get done.

Would you be satisfied if the kids could get the PE credit but not enroll in another class — i.e., do study hall or something? Students on varsity/JV sports spend a lot of extracurricular time doing it, which obviously cuts into time that they could spend on homework or other pursuits.  A system like this could give them at least some of that time back, by freeing up their duplicative PE period.  Which would make things more fair![/quote]

“Squawking about fairness”?  Fairness is bad? (Ignoring the part where you “squawk about fairness”.)

Students on varsity/JV sports *choose* to spend a lot of time doing it. There is no requirement. Other kids choose to spend a lot of time doing something else, like another non-school sport or music. Some students spend a lot of time doing something they don’t choose to do like baby-sitting a younger sibling, etcetcetc. Why should the kids on the school teams get some of that time back but no other students? What makes them special?

If someone can carry a full load, including an extra AP instead of PE PLUS work that part-time job or take care of family, even more power to them.

I think they should eliminate the PE requirement entirely. Students on sports teams could take whatever they want (incl study hall) and so could every other student.

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