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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and I cannot stress thus enough--if you want your kids outside for recess, even in less-than-ideal weather, flex your typing fingers and email the principal.  Tell other parents to do the same.  In many schools, the recess aides make the call, but the principal can absolutely give the guidelines (such as sprinkling rain is ok, wet blacktop is ok, anything above 32 is ok, muddy path to blacktop is ok, etc) and make sure the aides follow them.

Our school DOES send kids out whenever possible, yes even in the sprinkling rain.  There is a small overhang that kids can sit/stand under and socialize if they don't want to get wet, but very few do.  There were some snow piles even this week, but kids still went out in the blacktop and were instructed to leave the snow alone.

If a school really "can't" send kids out when it's muddy due to a lack of concrete path to the playground, I would make it clear that that's unacceptable.  There is unlimited research supporting the need for children to play outside.  There are solutions.[/quote]

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