The reason for this petition is to respectfully ask that students who attend Marblehead Veterans Middle School be allowed to make their own choice about changing before and after PE. If a student would like to get changed prior to PE, they should be allowed. If a student is already dressed appropriately to participate, then they shouldn't be required to change. Changing wasn't required during COVID - why go back?
1-It adds stress for being late to class.
2-There's much anxiety about publicly changing in a room that's unsupervised. Our children have been through a lot in the last two years, and they don't need another layer of stress.
3 - Marblehead High School, Marblehead Community Charter Public School and Village do not require changing.
Keep P.E. stress free! The five minute change time can be used for a break for 7th and 8th grade. They only have a single lunch break for the entire day - taking a 5 minute break while classmates change offers a chance to decompress.
This is a great opportunity to make some positive changes, without being required to change any clothes! Please consider signing and we will submit in 2 weeks to Mr. Fox and cc: the School Committee. Please share! Feel free to add any other reasons for signing in the comments.
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My son hates the locker room environment. It makes him super anxious every single day and he just wants to get to class on time without the locker room stress.
I support this petition because it doesn't make sense why you can't do that. If you feel embarrassed, why can't you just get dressed beforehand? Because you're not allowed to? Let us then!
THESE KIDS ARE ALREADY WEARING ATHLETIC GEAR TO SCHOOL SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF CHANGING AGAIN?? totally pointless and just adds wasted time to the day
In todays world, athlesisure wear is standard attire for most students. Our children aren’t wearing uniforms or formal clothing or shoes. The intimate nature and logistics of changing outfits and shoes within a short period of time in an unsupervised environment imposes unnecessary stress on some students. Let it be optional with the extra time given to teach students about personal hygiene and how their physical health keeps them mentally healthy as well! A “recommendation” would accommodate all students equitably.
Optionality makes the most sense for where we are in 2022. Middle school students really need bodily autonomy, are already experiencing enough sources of puberty related discomfort, most all wear athleisure clothes anyway, and we can recognize the both the gender identity issues, non-hetero based sexuality, as well as abundance of access to cameras and internet. Students can be held accountable for performance and footwear/clothing on gym days without mandating changing. Let’s do better and be sensitive to the realities and zeitgeist of the time.
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The reason for this petition is to respectfully ask that students who attend Marblehead Veterans Middle School be allowed to make their own choice about changing before and after PE. If a student would like to get changed prior to PE, they should be allowed. If a student is already dressed appropriately to participate, then they shouldn't be required to change. Changing wasn't required during COVID - why go back?
1-It adds stress for being late to class.
2-There's much anxiety about publicly changing in a room that's unsupervised. Our children have been through a lot in the last two years, and they don't need another layer of stress.
3 - Marblehead High School, Marblehead Community Charter Public School and Village do not require changing.
Keep P.E. stress free! The five minute change time can be used for a break for 7th and 8th grade. They only have a single lunch break for the entire day - taking a 5 minute break while classmates change offers a chance to decompress.
This is a great opportunity to make some positive changes, without being required to change any clothes! Please consider signing and we will submit in 2 weeks to Mr. Fox and cc: the School Committee. Please share! Feel free to add any other reasons for signing in the comments.
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I AM DREADING THIS BEC PEOPLE WILL BE FORCED TO GO OUTSIDE IN SHORT SLEEVES AND SHORTS
My son hates the locker room environment. It makes him super anxious every single day and he just wants to get to class on time without the locker room stress.
I support this petition because it doesn't make sense why you can't do that. If you feel embarrassed, why can't you just get dressed beforehand? Because you're not allowed to? Let us then!
THESE KIDS ARE ALREADY WEARING ATHLETIC GEAR TO SCHOOL SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF CHANGING AGAIN?? totally pointless and just adds wasted time to the day
In todays world, athlesisure wear is standard attire for most students. Our children aren’t wearing uniforms or formal clothing or shoes. The intimate nature and logistics of changing outfits and shoes within a short period of time in an unsupervised environment imposes unnecessary stress on some students. Let it be optional with the extra time given to teach students about personal hygiene and how their physical health keeps them mentally healthy as well! A “recommendation” would accommodate all students equitably.
Optionality makes the most sense for where we are in 2022. Middle school students really need bodily autonomy, are already experiencing enough sources of puberty related discomfort, most all wear athleisure clothes anyway, and we can recognize the both the gender identity issues, non-hetero based sexuality, as well as abundance of access to cameras and internet. Students can be held accountable for performance and footwear/clothing on gym days without mandating changing. Let’s do better and be sensitive to the realities and zeitgeist of the time.
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I AM DREADING THIS BEC PEOPLE WILL BE FORCED TO GO OUTSIDE IN SHORT SLEEVES AND SHORTS