That’s not really what I found in Chicago. Any kid who made a point of sitting etc would’ve been ostracized at my school. The last couple of months before everything shut I subbed in 8th grade and I got called out by the kids for not joining in, despite them all knowing full well I’m foreign! I’m usually no higher than 2nd grade or 1 to 1 with my SPED kiddos so it hadn’t been an issue before. I guess it just depends on the school 
I suspect it’ll be the same in Seattle if I get a job here.