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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I have an obvious question. Does it really take that much more staff to have lunch outside? I assume that someone watched the kids in the cafeteria and at lunch recess. These people can't watch the kids outside?

Our APS school is continuing outdoor lunch without the use of parent volunteers. We have a few picnic tables, but otherwise set up chairs for kids to use. The lunch monitors and custodians would load the chairs into large wheeled/bin cart to take out to the playground and they were stored in a nearby closet that has a door to the outside.

There were also wagons by the kichen that staff would use to load up the school lunches to make it easy to bring the meals outside. I THINK during spring. The specials and Sped teachers would ask grab lunch orders at the beginning of the day. Kitchen would prepare. Then Specials/Sped teachers would bring them outside to the classes eating outside and the lunches would be distributed.

I mean this does use some more staff or staff in different ways, but it wasn't undoable. Just takes flexibility. [/quote]
It really depends on the space the school has available and the extra staff. Schools without gates around their playgrounds need a bit more supervision to prevent wandering. It worked in APS in the spring because we had extended day staff helping to monitor. In a regular year classroom teachers (sometimes depending on schedule), SPED, Specials teachers and specialists and instructional assistants already have recess duty. It would be pretty difficult to monitor the kids eating and the kids at recess in most schools due to layout. The classroom teachers helped more than usual last year because the day was shortened so their planning time was after school.[/quote]

Pp here. Our school does not have a gated playground and shares space with a public park. But the kids at w/in a few feet of the school playground so it seems folks could monitor both. But we shall see how it goes with more kids. Our principal is extremely committed to outdoor lunch. [/quote]

I'm guessing our kids go to the same school. Outdoor lunch was a success last year and my child was thrilled to hear it's the plan again. The school does have plenty of outside space for it, though.[/quote]

Please tell me which school this is.[/quote]

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