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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they canceled only recess after 1 pm then some parent will complain their kid didn’t get recess while other kids did in the morning. If you leave it up to school by school discretion then some parent will complain that teacher or school X didn’t do the same thing as school Y.

All you complainers are the reason that APS has to come up with a single consistent response to NWS advisories, but then you’re also going to find reason to complain about that.

I have plenty of gripes about APS, but this thread is proof that some parents will complain about everything. I feel bad for the poor teachers who have to put up with annoying whiny parents. [/quote]That's one of the weakest slippery slope arguments I've ever heard.  Why don't we just cancel recess on any day it might rain too?  That way some kids won't get recess when others have it cancelled for rain?  Better yet, let's just do away with recess entirely?  Why not?  It's clearly of no importance to learning.[/quote]

Chill the heck down.  Most HVACs at these schools are not great at keeping the buildings cool.  So getting the kids all hot and sweaty and then placing them in a room that is a humid 78 will lead to some folks with heat related illnesses.  Sure the morning may have been cool enough, but it was still a dew point of 72 and very humid.[/quote]
Plus the opening and closing of doors and students go in and out for recess makes it more difficult to maintain consistent temps in the building. We had a fire drill this morning and kids were fanning themselves and asking to go inside after a couple minutes[/quote]
Opening the doors to make students go into the cafeteria as they arrived would stress HVAC systems more than gathering on the playground and coming in all at once.[/quote]
During the day students are cycling in and out every 30 minutes [/quote]
As they do on a normal day.  This thread is about not putting restrictions in place when it's not yet hot out.  So why is that a problem?  It was high 70s to low 80s this morning.  That's totally fine for students to be outside AND for HVAC systems.  [/quote]

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