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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, I can't believe this is an issue for people.  This is a school playground and the priority should be for the current students.  [b]Once the school day is over, and that includes aftercare,[/b] the playground is open to all.  I would not be happy if my child's school allowed non-students and other adults (security issue in my mind) to be on the playground during school/aftercare hours.  We often use the playground at Ross Elementary on weekends and they have a sign up stating that the playground is open after school only.[/quote]

This is a debatable point, though. The school day ends at 3ish. Aftercare isn't "school" or part of the school day. It is a convenient on-site daycare for working parents, not "school". A parent picking up children from school should be able to let them play on the playground after school and the school playground--paid for with public money and a public resource--should be available to the public, IMO. [/quote]

I think there's a big difference between parents picking up and the general public. Lots of DCPS schools pay for their playgrounds with PTA funds, not public funds.[/quote]

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