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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine. [/quote]

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there. [/quote]

Peabody also has their own beautiful playground that they don't open to the public, which makes it especially obnoxious that they farm their out of control aftercare out to Stanton. [/quote]

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?[/quote]

I believe that Peabody has 2 after care providers, and one uses the Peabody playground and the other uses Stanton.

It's not unusual for a school playground to be locked on the weekends and evenings.  Otherwise they'd get dirty and used for non-kid things.  Some playgrounds have family volunteers that lock up the playground at dark -- this allows the playground to be open to the public during daylight, non-school hours.  Maybe Peabody was having trouble getting parent volunteers, or had more trouble with inappropriate use by the public.  [/quote]

That's nonsense. Brent, Maury and LT all allow the public to use the playground after school and on weekends. And LT has an amazing brand new playground![/quote]

It's not nonsense.  At Maury the reason the park is open is that a school family has the lock and locks and unlocks the playground in the evenings.  Peabody is in a different and more central location, so I think it's fine if they limit the playground more than that.  [/quote]

There is literally nothing about Peabody's playground or location that makes it more reasonable for them to exclude the public. [/quote]

I live in the neighborhood. I'm fine with them keeping it closed.  I assume they have a good reason for it. There are plenty of other options.  [/quote]

No. It's ridiculous that any of the local elementary schools lock their playgrounds on the weekends. They can be great neighborhood meeting points. I wish DCPS would reduce the amount of playground funding for any school that doesn't commit to supporting having the playground open on weekends.

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