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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:23 you are kidding right?  You can't understand why it's a safety issue for unaffiliated individuals (with or without kids) to be allowed on school grounds during school programming?   The world revolves around you I guess.[/quote]

I mean, I can see how the way to prevent any children from getting hurt on a playground is to bar any children from ever playing on it, so in that sense, sure I can see why it's a "safety" issue.

But do I think it makes sense to bar community kids from playing on this nice safe fenced-off playground, which for years has been used as a community playground both during the week, on weekends, and during the school day if it's not otherwise being used? NO. I go there a lot and one of the REASONS it feels safe is that there are lots of people there, kids and adults, school-"affiliated" and not.

I of course agree that "school programming" takes priority over non-school activities, but that only goes so far. If a school soccer team is playing on the soccer field then of course others shouldn't be able to start playing soccer. But when the "school activity" is a bunch of kids playing on a playground, then no, I don't think that more kids and adults on that same playground creates an inherent "safety" issue.

It sounds from the other comments like some neighborhoods have other parks right across the street from the school playground, so community members can just go there instead. That is not the case in Mt. Pleasant. This will mean there is nowhere within reasonable walking distance to play outside for a lot of kids (since it's not like most people have backyards in Mt Pleasant either). I think the PTA or whoever made this decision should have considered that. [/quote]
Okay, well, good luck dictating to Bancroft what you think is acceptable school programming or not. It was mentioned upthread that school leaders and the PTA debated this issue for two years before coming up with the schedule, so it sounds like they did consider the point of view of the neighbors. Frankly, it sounds like perhaps you should take a page from that book and consider the point of view of the parents of the students who, you know, actually attend the school.[/quote]

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