Anonymous wrote:If the issue is monitors, then why are the kids allowed to go outside for 15 minutes in the courtyard after lunch?

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Anonymous wrote:No matter your personal thoughts about the creator of the petition, it's absurd that 4/5 middle schools have figured it out. The one that hasn't (WMS) has the highest hybrid rates and a crap ton of outside spaces.

My understanding is that the issue with Williamsburg is that they’re not certain they’ll have enough aides day-to-day to cover outdoor lunches. Because there’s greater risk of students leaving campus with outdoor lunch, they need more aides for outdoor lunch than indoor lunch. Once they have comfort on the staffing levels, I think the plan is to do more outdoor lunch.

That is definitely not the message that has been clearly communicated to parents. One parent has emailed the principal saying they’re willing to find parent volunteers to monitor lunch with no response. Another emailed with concerns and principal responded that they could check out their students during lunch if they were concerned about eating in the cafeteria. I personally asked a question during the town hall that was left unanswered about eating outside. We were told during the Townhall there any unanswered questions would be followed up on but they were not. Can you see why we’re frustrated?

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Anonymous wrote:No matter your personal thoughts about the creator of the petition, it's absurd that 4/5 middle schools have figured it out. The one that hasn't (WMS) has the highest hybrid rates and a crap ton of outside spaces.

My understanding is that the issue with Williamsburg is that they’re not certain they’ll have enough aides day-to-day to cover outdoor lunches. Because there’s greater risk of students leaving campus with outdoor lunch, they need more aides for outdoor lunch than indoor lunch. Once they have comfort on the staffing levels, I think the plan is to do more outdoor lunch.

Anonymous wrote:No matter your personal thoughts about the creator of the petition, it's absurd that 4/5 middle schools have figured it out. The one that hasn't (WMS) has the highest hybrid rates and a crap ton of outside spaces.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty funny that the organizer of this is keeping her kids home. The irony is that she is always attacking anyone who pulled kids from APS to send to private. She seems to think those parents should stay quiet and not advocate to open APS. Does she have self-awareness. But whatever, I’ll sign her petition so long as it doesn’t delay reopening timeline. These things go nowhere anyway.

That's the thing though. The vent ppl will use this to try to get schools closed. They are insane and drunk on self--righteousness. I was originally a part of their group but then they went overboard.

I'm the poster who noted the logical inconsistency in the petition, and this is part of my concern. The person who drafted it is hell bent on keeping schools closed, so I don't fully trust her motivations here or how she will use this petition if she gets a lot of signatures effectively saying that outdoor lunch is a necessity from parents who may not think through the implications of what they're signing.

why would someone bother putting together a petition for outdoor lunch if they wanted to keep schools closed?

Maybe someone asked them to because they weren't comfortable putting their own name out there.

Maybe they see the writing on the wall that we are going back in the fall and they want this in place before their kids go back.

Maybe they give a flying funk about families other than their own.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty funny that the organizer of this is keeping her kids home. The irony is that she is always attacking anyone who pulled kids from APS to send to private. She seems to think those parents should stay quiet and not advocate to open APS. Does she have self-awareness. But whatever, I’ll sign her petition so long as it doesn’t delay reopening timeline. These things go nowhere anyway.

That's the thing though. The vent ppl will use this to try to get schools closed. They are insane and drunk on self--righteousness. I was originally a part of their group but then they went overboard.

I'm the poster who noted the logical inconsistency in the petition, and this is part of my concern. The person who drafted it is hell bent on keeping schools closed, so I don't fully trust her motivations here or how she will use this petition if she gets a lot of signatures effectively saying that outdoor lunch is a necessity from parents who may not think through the implications of what they're signing.

why would someone bother putting together a petition for outdoor lunch if they wanted to keep schools closed?

Anonymous wrote:Pretty funny that the organizer of this is keeping her kids home. The irony is that she is always attacking anyone who pulled kids from APS to send to private. She seems to think those parents should stay quiet and not advocate to open APS. Does she have self-awareness. But whatever, I’ll sign her petition so long as it doesn’t delay reopening timeline. These things go nowhere anyway.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty funny that the organizer of this is keeping her kids home. The irony is that she is always attacking anyone who pulled kids from APS to send to private. She seems to think those parents should stay quiet and not advocate to open APS. Does she have self-awareness. But whatever, I’ll sign her petition so long as it doesn’t delay reopening timeline. These things go nowhere anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty funny that the organizer of this is keeping her kids home. The irony is that she is always attacking anyone who pulled kids from APS to send to private. She seems to think those parents should stay quiet and not advocate to open APS. Does she have self-awareness. But whatever, I’ll sign her petition so long as it doesn’t delay reopening timeline. These things go nowhere anyway.

That's the thing though. The vent ppl will use this to try to get schools closed. They are insane and drunk on self--righteousness. I was originally a part of their group but then they went overboard.

I'm the poster who noted the logical inconsistency in the petition, and this is part of my concern. The person who drafted it is hell bent on keeping schools closed, so I don't fully trust her motivations here or how she will use this petition if she gets a lot of signatures effectively saying that outdoor lunch is a necessity from parents who may not think through the implications of what they're signing.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty funny that the organizer of this is keeping her kids home. The irony is that she is always attacking anyone who pulled kids from APS to send to private. She seems to think those parents should stay quiet and not advocate to open APS. Does she have self-awareness. But whatever, I’ll sign her petition so long as it doesn’t delay reopening timeline. These things go nowhere anyway.

That's the thing though. The vent ppl will use this to try to get schools closed. They are insane and drunk on self--righteousness. I was originally a part of their group but then they went overboard.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty funny that the organizer of this is keeping her kids home. The irony is that she is always attacking anyone who pulled kids from APS to send to private. She seems to think those parents should stay quiet and not advocate to open APS. Does she have self-awareness. But whatever, I’ll sign her petition so long as it doesn’t delay reopening timeline. These things go nowhere anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for sharing this. At many of the middle schools there will be indoor unmasked lunches for 35 minutes! All of the schools have a plethora of outdoor space, so that is not an issue. At one middle, WMS I believe, a parent was told if they didn't like it, they can check their kid out for lunch each day. That school has both the space and dollars to make outdoor lunch happen.

Also, there are no air filters/HEPA filters in the cafeterias. Would you send your kids to a restaurant unmaked with 100 other patrons who have not been vaccinated?

Yes, I would because the filters aren't going to make that much difference. The space is large and kids will spread out. I would be more worried kids would share food and things like that vs. actually the fact that they are breathing.

And I laughed when the petition said "Poorly ventilated" - they make it sounds like these are some small dingy rooms in the sub basements of 50 yr old buildings with no actual HVAC system.