I just had this conversation with my sister - her 8 year old has type 1 diabetes and even with the insulin pump, they've been having a heck of a time keeping her blood sugar under control & she's been having heart palpitations for the last month or so... Part of the problem seems to be that they haven't had recess for the last 2 months because of the temperatures (they live in Virginia). So while dealing with a cardiologist and the rest of that, my sister has been asking the teacher... why haven't they had recess because it really hasn't been that cold and I think below freezing is supposed to be the temperatures they cancel recess for...

The teacher told her to talk to the principal, because she couldn't talk about it... and the principal said that it was because about half the student body comes to school without a coat because their families can't afford it, and she wasn't going to watch kids outside at recess freezing to death. So they've decided my niece can walk around the class room for 5 mins every hour so that she can have some more exercise.