I really don't think it is necessary to mandate vaccines or masks come September. This talk really is silly, and undermines the point of why there were mandates*measures taken to stop the spread in the 9-11 month "pre-vaccine" era of COVID times.
State education departments, in their infinite wisdom, have drastically cut funding for physical education in the last 20 years, and have removed requirements for kids to take PE classes. Less money + no requirement = less PE classes statewide
We don't elect Republican governors nationwide, but it was the Elected Will of the Ohioans (apparently) to do all of those things you just decried.
No requirement? It's literally a requirement for graduation in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Dept. of Education mandates that all students earn at least 0.5 credits of PE in order to earn their diploma. Source: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohio-s-Graduation-Requirements.
Around 2011-2012, they started adding ways for students to opt out of phys. ed classes. Participating in any sport, marching band, cheerleading, or color guard allows kids the option to opt out of phys. ed classes
I don't see a problem. ?
Also: it was already a common practice for students before then to just spend their first week-or-so of summer doing "summer gym" (chocked full of fun activities like swimming, playing tennis, disc-golfing, running the track.)I don't see a problem. ?
And you think that's political BS? Your original post was criticizing health mandates and that if the state actually cared about health, that they'd "put phys ed back in schools." I'm just pointing out that your post doesn't make sense. Because there is a PE requirement. And If a student is participating in sports/activities, then they're doing physical exercise. And on top of that, there's usually a district requirement that in order for a student to replace their PE credit with a sport/activity, then they have to do it for at least 3 semesters (i.e. basically more than a one-and-done) in order for it to count. I think a long-term commitment to a sport/activity like that not only fulfills the PE requirement, but has many other benefits.
I don't know. That square-dancing chapter where they brought in Mable & Chester from the Senior Center was definitely not a time-sink.
Knowing how to square-dance can be a very valuable asset at some weddings
You make a fair point.
Have to find some way to impress a second cousin when in Hardin County.
That may ring true in Ohio but certainly not in the majority of the other Red States.
That's hilarious. Selling tickets to attend is not a "service."
You don't know what you are talking about. Schools do not pay medical bills of students or athletes.
H... no.
PE is rapidly evolving. I know of a school in NKY that requires PE students to wear a heart rate monitor on their wrists, looks like an apple watch almost. In order for students to get credit for each day of PE, they have to have 80% of the class period with their heart rate in a certain target range. This gets adjusted once or twice a semester as the students physical fitness increases.
And I'd love to hear the science behind, "#19 from that team infected me".
Same concept as refusing service to a customer. A private company can do it, a public school should not be able to.
I respect what you are saying. But as someone who took a ton of Advanced and AP classes throughout HS I appreciated the 2 gym classes I was required to take as a break from brain work.
You don’t know anything about how insurance or liability works then. Remember last year when Yappi experts said sports weren’t going to happen because of the liability of “long term effects” of covid? Have you ever heard of a high school being sued for medical bills for sports injuries or concussions? No. It won’t happen.
