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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids were told they won't be going outside until the snow melts from the playground and temps are above freezing. We have a huge issue at our school with kids not bringing warm clothing to go outside in so if the temp is below 32°, they stay inside.

I wish they did get them outside but we make up the lack of outdoor time after school instead. [/quote]

The kids should all be required to be outside for the allotted time as long as there is no wind chill or cold advisory.  Maybe next time the kid will wear something other than shorts. And we have a HUGE bureaucracy including paid parent liaisons and social workers and others who can gather data and make a plan for kids who legit don't have access to warm winter clothing.  We are Fairfax County.  We can do this.  We need to stop being so helpless and reactionary toward parents who complain that their child is mildly uncomfortable for several consecutive minutes.

(I'm an FCPS ES teacher who has been beyond frustrated by this for years...same thing with rain.  Kids can play in the rain unless it's an extraordinarily bad storm.  And in mud, too.  We have SEVERAL full time custodians, and when I work late in evenings, I see that most of them literally spend hours sitting in the teachers lounge reading their phones.  This is NOT to bash them...they are not tasked with that much on regular days, and I'd do this too if I were them.  But we can handle some extra mud mopping a few nights a month.  We can handle getting kids more warm clothes and boots.  We have a huge bureaucracy and it's unusually only the UNPAID teachers working 10-30 hours beyond contract every week, busting ourselves and shortening our lifespans, while we have thousands upon thousands of central office and ancillary support staff (non teaching) roles who could work just 10% harder during the PAID hours to make it more feasible for kids to have recess outdoors daily unless there is a weather advisory.  Instead, kids are stuck inside because...we can't have wet halls or muddy floors or kids with wet shoes or no gloves.  And then the kids are bouncing off the walls and can't focus and WE are blamed and WE don't get a moment of peace and quiet in the school day even though WE are the only ones busting ourselves with unpaid work on nights and weekends.

I'm sick of it.  The kids should have been out playing all week.  We can do this.  [/quote]

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