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[quote=Anonymous]My kids don't have to spend their free time with anyone, but
they must be at least polite, and refrain from being unkind or needlessly upsetting. This means that they can decide not to play with someone, but they cannot make an obvious point or big deal out of avoiding/excluding anyone they choose not to play with.

So, a "club vote" where everyone agrees not to play with Mary? Nope, that's just purposefully making a spectacle of things. If they don't enjoy Mary's company, it's fine IMO to quietly ask the friends they were going to play with "hey, does anyone want to invite Mary?" and then if nobody particularly wants her to play, just go about their business at recess without asking her to join. Not everyone will click with or want to spend extra time with each person that happens to be in the same class. But making a big to-do of it, and especially making Mary aware that everyone voted that they didn't want to play with her -- nope, needlessly cruel and not okay in my book.
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