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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been posted before. The overall consensus was that adding time that additional time for lunch and recess would be greatly beneficial for elementary school aged kids, including Kindergartners. Mine has 20 minutes for lunch, which includes waiting for food, etc. And then only 20 minutes for recess.[/quote]

I am not OP and did not follow that thread but what makes people think that recess and lunch would be extended? I thought it was for instructional time only.[/quote]

This was the consensus of the posters on this site. Not sure what the MCPS Board or whoever makes these decisions will allocate additional time.[/quote]

I went to the Bell Times meeting in December and asked essentially what the extra time for ES would be used for. The person (not Starr, but the chair of the committee) said "I don't know yet." It was only described as Instructional time in Starr's video. To me, Instructional time means "learning" or possibly "time to start HW with teacher supervision" (one suggestion). I don't think Instructional time is lunch.

My school has 60 minutes total for lunch and recess, but in reality, since the kids must get in line, wait for all classes / students to be in line, march down hall, etc. it's probably 20 minutes lunch, 20 minutes recess, 20 minutes waiting in line.[/quote]

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