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Every time a post is made on DCUM that even remotely hints at Covid precautions, it attracts hateful people who reflexively attack the OP.

If this had nothing to do with Covid, people would find alfresco lunch wonderful! Like 19:37 does, actually.

So keep pushing for outdoor lunch, but sell it as a mental health measure - lots of sheeple falling for the mental health angle, these days. Point to studies proving that kids benefit mentally and physically from spending more time outdoors. Tout the physical benefits to luring kids with playground equipment and getting them to exercise and breathe fresh air.

And keep mum on the Covid front. All the cautious people will be on your side, and all the outdoor-loving people will be on your side. And you'll avoid the weirdos who think that worrying about Covid is a crime.

When there's a will, funds will be found...
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Good luck finding the staff.  Do you have any idea what staffing is like?  Not just in schools, but everywhere - there are staffing shortages.  Public AND private sector.

Even if you have the ‘funds’, there are simply not enough paras and aides to support outdoor lunch for every elementary school kid.  [/quote]

It's exactly the same number running the show outdoors or indoors. Also LOL to those who claim it's more work to "set up and take down" outdoor lunch. There is no setting up or taking down anything outside. But they do put up and take down the tables inside. So if you're trying to skip some steps, eating outside is easier.[/quote]

I don't know how school lunch worked at your school but in my school everybody sat at tables and that took a lot of effort to get nine tables moved outside everyday.

Depending on the layout of the school some outdoor lunches took place scattered all around the grounds of the building because there wasn't space to fit all the children outside especially when recess was running concurrently[/quote]

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