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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids and my youngest is in 4th and none of them have ever had one day outside for PE.  With all of this talk of fresh air, vitamin D, more exercise, mental health - why are they stuck in stuffy gyms with no AC when it is beautiful outside.  No running, no kickball, no baseball, no full field soccer.  It just seems like a terrible idea.   Is this a county-wide rule?  [/quote]

Aaaaaand this is the reason some parents chose private. Stupid and detrimental policies...........[/quote]

Please.  By sending my kid to public school, I save 40K a year, enough to pay for any outdoor enrichment, tutor or travel activity imaginable.  Fussing over the location of a once a week PE class is stupid.  Half the time it's too cold or too hot to go out anyway.[/quote]

Not the PP, but I have one in private and they go out unless it is pouring.  They play in snow, light rain, cold weather and hot weather.  MCPS 32 degrees policy (including wind chill) is a joke.  Privates  have recess everyday and PE 4x a week too. But moving along....

What outdoor enrichment are you doing?  My one in public ES gets home about 10min to sunset in the winter. How do you get your child outside for enrichment in the dark?  Do they play under the lights somewhere?   I can't stand when they are inside all day because it was sunny but "only 30 degrees" so they sit inside and watch TV instead.  I would love for even that one week PE to be outside no matter what the temp.  There are kids seriously not outside all day every day 5 days a week from Nov-March.  It must be the "I want a controlled environment parents" that prefer unhealthy kids staring at screens. [/quote]

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