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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Do you want to volunteer to come pick up all the trash that will get left on the playground if its open all weekend?  If you're lucky it will only be fast food trash.  If you're unlucky it will be used condoms and needles.  That's why schools close the playgrounds.  Miner's was opened and part of it got burned down one night.

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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