Current Events > NYC still forcing kids to eat school lunch outdoors despite dropping temps

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https://nypost.com/2021/11/24/nyc-kids-eating-school-lunch-outdoors-despite-dropping-temps/

Kids in some city schools are still eating lunch outdoors each day due to social distancing rules despite plunging temperatures and steamed parents. Its getting a little ridiculous at this point, said a mom at MS 104 in Manhattan, where kids again pulled apart their string cheese in 39-degree weather Wednesday. Theyve eaten outdoors every day this week. Its cold. A mom at a Park Slope elementary school said her child has also been dining al freezo for the entire year and began complaining about the conditions this week. Weve heard no plans to bring them inside anytime soon, she said. In fact, they are still asking for parents to give the school their Fresh Direct bags to create seating pads. It doesnt sound like theyre going in. The Department of Education allowed principals to devise their own lunch arrangements this year while complying with social distancing rules. While some have managed to keep kids under a roof while eating, others have headed for the great outdoors. Its already hard enough for a little kid to eat outside while sitting on concrete with a mask on, said the mother of a Brooklyn fourth-grader who ate outside this week. What does the weather have to be to go inside? How low does it have to go?

Parents said their kids have only been allowed to eat indoors during heavy downpours this year. The DOE insisted Wednesday that individual kids retain the option to eat indoors if they choose. But parents said theyve yet to hear of any such accommodations. Weve never been told that, the Park Slope mom said. And no one else I know has either.






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New York come on bruh

We should federally fund more schools so they can build bigger lunch rooms or at the very least set up temporary shelters for lunch during a pandemic,

Naw fuck that we need more fighter jets and AKs.

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If they're forcing the kids to eat outside in order to comply with "social distancing" then why are they letting the kids sit in groups like a foot away from each other?

If you're not going to actually enforce social distancing, then just let them eat inside where it's fucking warm. -_-

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Big fuckin deal. Back in my day I used to have to walk half a mile in the freezing cold air to catch the school bus. These kids need to toughen up.

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My work has us eating in our cars.

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