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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my kids has a chronic disease and is heat intolerant. She would collapse (and she has never been able to do summer camps outdoors).

We're from northern Europe and would love for recess to stay outside in the winter, though! With enough layers, I feel it's doable, but apparently MCPS is concerned about some kids not having coats.[/quote]

Haha same I grew up in a cold climate and I don't understand why there is [b]no recess in winter,[/b] but today is too much for me![/quote]

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I teach in an ES and we rarely stay inside.[/quote]

That's really great but at our school kids don't go outside when it's below freezing. So last year the whole month of January their recess was indoors. This year a lot of indoor recess too.[/quote]

The PP said, "no recess in winter", which was definitely an exaggeration, but even staying in any time it is below freezing seems odd. That's your administrators making that decision. Do they make you stay in when it is "too wet" too?[/quote]

Yep, they don’t go when it’s wet. we have long stretches of indoor recess after the winter break. Last year many kids spent that using their laptops. Which is particularly sad.[/quote]

I’m sorry to hear that. In my 30+ years teaching for FCPS I’ve been fortunate to have never been told it’s too wet to go out or too cold, unless there is a wind chill advisory or warning. We even take kids out if there is a light drizzle or we stay out if it starts to rain a bit. The current admin makes a point in school emails to families that kids should dress warmly because students are going out when it is cold. [/quote]

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