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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks I’m a DCPS elementary teacher and please know that outdoor lunch is 1000x better than our crowded, very noisy cafeteria, even on a cold day. Classroom lunch is fine on the freezing days. The kids truly are fine! There is no child abuse taking place. They enjoy their time outside. Truly, it’s okay.[/quote]

So do you think the teachers who allowed kids a choice at our school this week had bad judgment? Because the alternative, at our school this week, was to have everyone to have lunch inside. No entire class ate outside, because clearly school leaders thought it was not fine for everybody to have lunch outside during freezing, windy weather. And our school is one of those that has tables and where everyone usually has lunch outdoors.

And for the record, I’m someone who thinks it’s fine to have recess outdoors in just about any weather. But sitting and eating is a different situation.[/quote]

Yes, it was poor judgement, it was far too cold this week to sit outside for lunch.

Absolutely agree with the last comment. Recess and lunch are two different issues. Kids can have recess outside on cold days but sitting for 20 to 30 minutes on a cold surface is not OK. Having a choice is nice, but the school needs to draw the line. Would you let a child go out in without a jacket when it's 35? Should putting on a jacket be a choice for a child? Sorry, but that is the adult's job, the parent or the teacher to tell the child to wear a jacket outside when it's cold.[/quote]

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