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School Bans Tag After Parents Complain
The Denver Channel.com ^ | 08/29/07

Posted on 08/29/2007 5:11:41 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Colorado Springs elementary school is banning the game of tag on its playground -- after some children complained that they'd been chased or harassed against their will.

Assistant Principal Cindy Fesgen of the Discovery Canyon Campus school said running games will be allowed, as long as students don't chase each other.

Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban, but most parents and children didn't object.

Two elementary schools in the nearby Falcon School District did away with tag and similar games in 2005 in favor of alternatives with less physical contact. Officials at Evans and Meridian Ranch elementaries say that encouraged more students to play games, and helped reduce playground squabbles.

Colorado Springs schools are not alone. Schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., Spokane, Wash., and Attleboro, Mass., have banned tag at recess. A suburban Charleston, S.C., school not only banned tagged, but outlawed all unsupervised contact sports.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: coloradosprings; education; grinchstolechildhood; nannystate; playground; tag; tagyoureit; wimps
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To: MotleyGirl70
"School administrators and parents trying to wussify young boys."

Nailed it with clarity.

61 posted on 08/29/2007 6:21:16 PM PDT by Corporate Law (<>< - Xavier Basketball, Perennial Slayer of #1 Ranked Teams)
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To: mylife

“Looks like the school invented a new game “fag””

Hey Mylife, don’t fall for that PC crap. Tell us what really think.


62 posted on 08/29/2007 6:22:28 PM PDT by live+let_live
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To: basil
It was the second grade and 7 year old boys have more guts than brains!
63 posted on 08/29/2007 6:23:25 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
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To: agooga

Lol. You nailed it.


64 posted on 08/29/2007 6:23:50 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: buffyt
Remember Shadow Tag???

We even had a variation of it that we played under the street light in the evening.

65 posted on 08/29/2007 6:23:58 PM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Another excellent idea from those professional educators preparing our children for the work force, adult life, military service. We can’t pay these people enough.


66 posted on 08/29/2007 6:25:29 PM PDT by pierstroll
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To: FreedomCalls
Hey MotleyGirl70, tag you’re “it.”

Hey! I'm tellin' my mom on you! You hurt my feelings because you're a boy and I can't outrun you :(

67 posted on 08/29/2007 6:29:01 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: pierstroll

68 posted on 08/29/2007 6:29:45 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (States' rights don't trump God-given, unalienable rights...support the Reagan pro-life platform)
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To: skimask

Goodness, I must be doing something wrong. Both my boys (soon to be 8 yrs old and 10 yrs old) are friggin beanpoles. They wear 8 slim and 10 slim in pants. Why? Because we don’t buy a ton of junk food and Cokes. Hell my 10 yr old doesn’t even like the taste of Cokes! If he can’t drink milk, he’s rather have water. And better yet, I LET THEM PLAY OUTSIDE. Hell, we spent damn near the entire summer in the townhome community pool.


69 posted on 08/29/2007 6:31:28 PM PDT by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: MotleyGirl70

I remember that the fat kids hated dodge ball too.

Get some exercise or get used to the torment.


70 posted on 08/29/2007 6:33:43 PM PDT by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: MotleyGirl70
complained that they'd been chased or harassed against their will.

No one can make them run! When they grow up they will complain they are being harassed against their will to show up at work on time.
71 posted on 08/29/2007 6:37:31 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: flying Elvis
Okay, how many here will admit to having played an informal game of Dodge Rock way back when?

Proudly raises hand.

72 posted on 08/29/2007 6:37:34 PM PDT by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
They all need a good old fashion ass wiping.

LOL!!!

73 posted on 08/29/2007 6:39:51 PM PDT by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: mylife

I just told my son to put them away....Darn. He was so excited. He has practiced and practiced!


74 posted on 08/29/2007 6:40:01 PM PDT by dbacks (I forgot to pay the rent on my tagline.)
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To: MPJackal
Yes and the beautiful thing about is that it requires no exertion on our part. :-)

I think the homos must have spilled some Astro Glide on the slippery slope before us.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

75 posted on 08/29/2007 6:41:33 PM PDT by expatguy (Support Conservative Blogging - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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To: live+let_live

So I shouldn’t sugar coat it?


76 posted on 08/29/2007 6:42:15 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: dbacks

L0L, Kids!


77 posted on 08/29/2007 6:43:13 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Keep

Our

Own

Kids

Safe

aka K.O.O.K.S.


78 posted on 08/29/2007 6:48:28 PM PDT by TheRobb7 (Democrats are more afraid of Brit Hume than Bin Laden.)
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To: pierstroll
A suburban Charleston, S.C., school not only banned tagged, but outlawed all unsupervised contact sports.

So, what happens to children who are caught playing contact sports during recess; suspension from school and a prescription for Ritalin.

When tag is outlawed, only outlaws will play tag.

79 posted on 08/29/2007 6:53:23 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: flying Elvis

“Okay, how many here will admit to having played an informal game of Dodge Rock way back when?”

Never played Dodge Rock, but did have some great BB gun fights!


80 posted on 08/29/2007 6:54:37 PM PDT by vipervomit (Some days you're the dog........some days you're the hydrant!)
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