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Anonymous wrote:Okay, thank you. In NY, where I grew up swimming was mandatory in high school. So, was checking.

Great neck south?

NP, but Great Neck North here - pool was in the middle school and was mandatory in PE.

Anonymous wrote:They should take the money they put into emotional learning and give each school a pool. Swimming does more for emotional regulation than any of the mindful moments or whatever other nonsense they have going on. And it's backed by actual science

I agree that our schools should have pools and swimming classes. It’s an important life skill and many Black and Brown kids do not learn outside of school, creating a safety issue. However, as someone who took mandatory odd/even day swimming in high school, I know that the pool itself and locker rooms where students are changing into suits can become another place where students are bullied. I can’t imagine that they would have the staffing to do this with students who would need 1:1 for adaptive swim class so it would become an equity issue.

MCPS isn’t picking good socioemotional learning programs, but our students definitely need lessons in empathy, tolerance, etc.

They should take the money they put into emotional learning and give each school a pool. Swimming does more for emotional regulation than any of the mindful moments or whatever other nonsense they have going on. And it's backed by actual science

Anonymous wrote:Okay, thank you. In NY, where I grew up swimming was mandatory in high school. So, was checking.

Great neck south?

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Anonymous wrote:Telling younger students from the feeder schools that Wootton had a pool on the roof was a running joke when I was an MCPS student in the '90s. This thread title brought back fond memories.

Funny, I went to high school in an entirely different state in the south, and kids did the same thing there. Also the “elevator key,” which did exist, but was only given to kids on crutches or what have you, but was sold dozens of times over every year to unsuspecting freshmen by “helpful” upperclassmen.

Every high school did this. Both of them. Bit, we did have an elevator.

Anonymous wrote:Telling younger students from the feeder schools that Wootton had a pool on the roof was a running joke when I was an MCPS student in the '90s. This thread title brought back fond memories.

Funny, I went to high school in an entirely different state in the south, and kids did the same thing there. Also the “elevator key,” which did exist, but was only given to kids on crutches or what have you, but was sold dozens of times over every year to unsuspecting freshmen by “helpful” upperclassmen.

Anonymous wrote:Telling younger students from the feeder schools that Wootton had a pool on the roof was a running joke when I was an MCPS student in the '90s. This thread title brought back fond memories.

LOL. I think my DC would totally believe it and would be very excited about it

Telling younger students from the feeder schools that Wootton had a pool on the roof was a running joke when I was an MCPS student in the '90s. This thread title brought back fond memories.

Anonymous wrote:Do any MCPS schools have a swimming pool? Our high school team practices at a county public pool. Certainly my DC have never had to swim as part of school

Piney Branch Elementary in Takoma does but I think it's been shutdown since the pandemic began.

Anonymous wrote:Is Swimming mandatory at MCPS?

No.

Wootton

Anonymous wrote:Do any MCPS schools have a swimming pool? Our high school team practices at a county public pool. Certainly my DC have never had to swim as part of school

There's one adjacent to Gaithersburg HS, co-managed by the city of Gaithersburg.

Okay, thank you. In NY, where I grew up swimming was mandatory in high school. So, was checking.

Do any MCPS schools have a swimming pool? Our high school team practices at a county public pool. Certainly my DC have never had to swim as part of school

Is Swimming mandatory at MCPS?