Dear editor,
Last week, I called Northwood Elementary School about my children, Victoria and Alexandria, going to P.E. in the extreme cold at first period and fourth period. Victoria has epilepsy and Alexandria has asthma.
But one afternoon last week (after calling the school) Victoria got off the bus devastated, crying and screaming.
"Mommy … my friend turned around and asked me why my lips were blue," she said. Blue lips are one indication that she could or is about to go into a seizure.
And it is well-known that cold temperatures are not good for someone who suffers from asthma. Victoria had the sniffles all evening after her P.E. lessons. Other Northwood children might have underlying health issues that are severely affected by the cold.
Tell me, what logical person would send their child out in these temperatures when we have a beautiful gymnasium that could be — and is during rainy days — used for extreme cold weather?
I don't allow my daughters to go out to play in temperatures less than 50 degrees. Children even were made to lay on the freezing cold ground to do calisthenics!
I believe this needs to be brought to light because I'm positive there are not a handful of parents that are aware that their children are being made to exercise in 44 degrees (33 degrees with wind chill) on on Jan. 5 and 41 degrees with wind chill of 35 on Jan. 6.
This was taking our children's lives and health in their hands and putting it in jeopardy!
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: LETTER: Bring P.E. time inside when it's cold outside