Nearly 3,000 people, the vast majority describing themselves as parents or guardians, signed an on-line petition urging Montgomery County Public Schools to mandate a new detailed lunch policy that would enable students to eat outdoors.
In its Aug. 13 recovery guide, MCPS stated it will “[e]ncourage the use of outdoor spaces for unmasked educational and social experiences for our students” and also that “[s]tudents will be able to eat breakfast and lunch in cafeterias and other available eating areas.” The guide also noted, “Schools will receive support in considering ways to maximize outdoor spaces.”
Basically, individually schools are tasked with creating their own lunch policy, and Meghan Biss is unsatisfied with the lack of detailed directions. She has two students at Greenwood Elementary School in Brookeville, both too young to be vaccinated. Lunchtime, when “students are crowded into a single lunchroom is going to be the highest risk time,” she said...
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