I was not told this as a staff member in south Arlington. I have a town hall at my school and my child's next week and I will ask for confirmation.

Please just keep your kids DL if you’re going to have an aneurysm about every stupid thing about hybrid. It’s either too many precautions or not enough.

If you’d like a bespoke educational experience curated to your liking, perhaps hire a governess.

Anonymous wrote:APS = indoor lunch with 100 kids in a room is safe
APS = kicking a soccer ball is an unacceptable high risk activity that must be banned

So much for science.

+1. This stopped being about science a long time ago.

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Anonymous wrote:APS = indoor lunch with 100 kids in a room is safe
APS = kicking a soccer ball is an unacceptable high risk activity that must be banned

So much for science.

I'm so ready to put my house on the market. APS is a disgrace.

We’re doing exactly this. Saw the writing on the wall last March. 118 days and we’re gone. Can’t come soon enough.

If this is for real, where are you going?

Yes. Totally really. House goes on the market March 18. We’re going far away where kids are actually in school.

Please post your listing. Many looking.

Especially in 22207, 22213

Anonymous wrote:Recess, to me, is one of the few benefits of actually sending mine. But you know what? I bet a) it’ll loosen up and b) they’ll like it.

+1

They will figure this out. No need to bunch up panties unnecessarily.

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Anonymous wrote:APS = indoor lunch with 100 kids in a room is safe
APS = kicking a soccer ball is an unacceptable high risk activity that must be banned

So much for science.

I'm so ready to put my house on the market. APS is a disgrace.

We’re doing exactly this. Saw the writing on the wall last March. 118 days and we’re gone. Can’t come soon enough.

If this is for real, where are you going?

Yes. Totally really. House goes on the market March 18. We’re going far away where kids are actually in school.

Please post your listing. Many looking.

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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, at the Catholic school in my neighborhood (not APS, but another Va. district), kids have been running around outside, maskless, with no apparent distancing efforts, 5 days a week, since September.

Well.... I’m not down with massless yet. In my pod, sure. But that’s it.

Lol ok.

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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, at the Catholic school in my neighborhood (not APS, but another Va. district), kids have been running around outside, maskless, with no apparent distancing efforts, 5 days a week, since September.

Well.... I’m not down with massless yet. In my pod, sure. But that’s it.

Massless!

Maskless!!

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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, at the Catholic school in my neighborhood (not APS, but another Va. district), kids have been running around outside, maskless, with no apparent distancing efforts, 5 days a week, since September.

Well.... I’m not down with massless yet. In my pod, sure. But that’s it.

Massless!

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, at the Catholic school in my neighborhood (not APS, but another Va. district), kids have been running around outside, maskless, with no apparent distancing efforts, 5 days a week, since September.

Well.... I’m not down with massless yet. In my pod, sure. But that’s it.

Anonymous wrote:APS = indoor lunch with 100 kids in a room is safe
APS = kicking a soccer ball is an unacceptable high risk activity that must be banned

So much for science.

My kids are staying DL and I agree with the above. 100 kid lunches planned at my middle school is unsafe based on the science. Outdoor recess should be masked with “no physical contact” but no enforced distancing beyond that. For gods sake they are outside. Kids are playing outdoor sports very successfully. APS insists on moving forward with 100 kid INDOOR lunches at 6 feet but these are this is the rule for outdoor. Irrational. Which is why I’m keeping my kids home. Don’t trust their decision making when it comes to my kids health.

Recess, to me, is one of the few benefits of actually sending mine. But you know what? I bet a) it’ll loosen up and b) they’ll like it.

Meanwhile, at the Catholic school in my neighborhood (not APS, but another Va. district), kids have been running around outside, maskless, with no apparent distancing efforts, 5 days a week, since September.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing that APS will hear an earful about this rule this week and walk it back at the next school board meeting. Ten feet is fine for lunch without masks. It makes no sense for a masked recess. It's completely out of the norm for what people in Arlington have decided is okay and inconsistent with all of their other policies.

No one pushed back at our town hall. 70% hybrid school. Maybe they just pester the principal on private.

Two weeks ago the issue du jour was outdoor lunch. This past week was concurrent learning. This week will be recess and bussing.

I don’t think there is a reason to stay even six feet apart at recess. They are outdoor, with masks, and they are moving around. I kind of get it if some kids are just sitting next to each other all recess but this really is far from necessary based on research.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/mayo-study-proves-effectiveness-of-masks-and-social-distancing/89-c5afee25-f2a3-4923-a41c-996ad0ff0373