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Anonymous wrote:this thread is why I don't get some of the bitching over the planned new Eastern Market playground near 9th. There's so much demand for playground space on the Hill and it makes sense to have some capacity removed from immediate school proximity.

Agggh who is bitching about the plans for a playground there??? That's nuts.

Anonymous wrote:this thread is why I don't get some of the bitching over the planned new Eastern Market playground near 9th. There's so much demand for playground space on the Hill and it makes sense to have some capacity removed from immediate school proximity.

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Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if it's locked after hours, why does that need to include after school? Our ES playground is locked after 6pm but is available for aftercare use.

It isn't locked after school and at least one aftercare uses it. The other aftercare uses Stanton.

Anonymous wrote:Even if it's locked after hours, why does that need to include after school? Our ES playground is locked after 6pm but is available for aftercare use.

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Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

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.

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!

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.

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

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Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

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.

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!

There is "literally" something different in that there is Stanton Park playground across the street about 50 feet away. Not so with Maury and LT. Brent is close but not next to a comparable playground.

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.

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

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

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.

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!

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.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

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.

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!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

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.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hush OP, this is our kids' version of the 70s free range childhood. They'll be fine.

Those kids are really wild and often hurt the toddlers playing there.

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.

Why don't they use their own playground (serious question)?

Probably liability. They know there is limited supervision so they don't want the risk.