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[b]Because then there's no argument that the children are there for school-related activities that the school is liable for. [/b]If the grounds are kept in an unsafe condition and someone gets hurt because a piece of playground equipment breaks, sure, there might be a case. But the school doesn't become responsible if another neighborhood child assaults your child. If people are dropping unsupervised children off in front of the school to wait for the doors to open and the school does nothing to ban it, then the children arguably are there for school-related activities (i.e., waiting for school to start) and the school system becomes liable for a whole bunch of things like kids fighting under a failure to supervise theory -- they permitted kids to hang out there before school started, but then didn't put a responsible adult out there to monitor them. I'm sure your school always has staff members positioned outside the school during official drop-off and pick-up, and this is one of the primary reasons -- so they can supervise the kids and make sure no one is getting into trouble.[/quote]

But that wouldn't apply to children (who are not in the after care) using the playground after school, so it still doesn't explain exclusive playground use by the after care.

Could you please tell me more about the "failure to supervise" theory? Why would the school be expected to supervise 9-year-olds waiting outside school for school to start, especially after the school has made it clear that the school will not do so? And is this "failure to supervise" theory as applied to schools something that has only come up in the last 30 years? Before then, it was routine for elementary-school students to wait outside school for school to start.[/quote]

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