Corona drinking ban in schools? Hessian student gets "disapproval" - for apparently hair-raising reasons

In Hesse, a student received a "disapproval" for taking a sip from his bottle in the schoolyard.

The controversial letter spread on Facebook.

Niddatal

- The rules for

constantly

controversy, be it the

or the contact

.

A student from

has now apparently broken a rule and received a written "disapproval".

The

post with the

letter photographed

recently spread on the social network.

Because the rule seems questionable at first glance: The pupil received the

because he drank from a bottle in the playground.

Does that

mean

there is now a

in schools

?

That would seem extremely questionable in terms of health, especially in warm weather, but also regardless of the weather.

Many users of the platform were therefore upset about the letter.

Corona rule: ban on drinking in schools?

Fact checkers check the ruffle

The

the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Niddatal, in which it says "Justin drank the drink he bought at the kiosk on the school premises on August 28, 2020 during the second big break," is real.

The fact-checking team at

found that out.

, the

responsible

confirmed that the

actually been issued.

It

is wrong to

that there is a

in school and that students have to

spend

the entire class without

.

The regulation only applies to the breaks in the school yard.

Corona mask requirement does not allow drinking water at Hessian schools

In

, but also in other federal states, there is

a

in schools due to the

*

.

It is valid in the school yard and on the

, but not in the

.

Since the student affected by the warning took off his mask in the schoolyard in order to be able to drink from the bottle, he violated this

* hygiene measure.

It was even the second disregard of the rule, the reason why the school

.

"We will certainly not forbid children to have a drink. That is nonsense," confirmed Stefan Löwer, spokesman for the

, to the

.

However, it is clear from the

* that children at recess on the playground their

must wear.

Nevertheless, it is not fundamentally forbidden for children to briefly

remove

the

to drink

and then put it on again, as Löwer explains.

Apparently, however, this rule does not apply to the

, from which the

letter published

on

comes.

Together with the parents' council, she agreed that during the two 15-minute breaks in the schoolyard, no one could eat or

.

Instead, the children are allowed to drink during school hours.

In addition, there is a breakfast

in the classes without a

.

"This means that the children are not allowed to drink for 15 minutes twice, otherwise during the school mornings," wrote the deputy

the school in question, Kerstin Bauschke, in a statement.

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