Posted on 10/23/2009 8:25:12 AM PDT by La Lydia
KENSINGTON, Md. - Public parks are usually the places where children go to have fun. But the town of Kensington just passed a new rule that bans kids over five years old from playgrounds during the daytime...The girls at Kensington's Brookewood School are banned from using a public park right across the street for recess.
"I don't think it's really fair because we're part of the community too and we want to play in the park," said Jill Collins, a fifth-grade student.
The town council unanimously passed a resolution this week saying only caretakers with children five years old and younger can be in Reinhardt Park from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Since that resolution passed, Brookewood students have gone elsewhere for recess. "We like to use the park because it's big and we like to run around and play games," said Basia Syski...
The town manager says students using the park for recess created maintenance issues and damage. The town council asked the school to pay $4,000 a year to help with upkeep but never heard back.
"Do a clean through trash pickup, lay mulch around the swings -- we could do that," said McPherson. "But pay $4,000? We just don't have it. We just don't have it in our budget."
Brookewood's headmaster tells ABC 7 News it's a public park for all to use but Kensington's mayor disagrees. He said the park is for taxpaying citizens -- not abuse by a private non-profit school.
Tracy Wagner brings her toddler to the park -- a park she describes as rarely used...
The girls at Brookewood say they brought life to the park, a park they now watch sit empty...
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Typical ABC piece, lacking any names that can be dealt with. People should stand up to tyranny.
Totally seperate issue than a local council enacting a "resolution" to BAN kids from a park.
And another thing. Ever notice the cabal of liberals that go off the deep end when a “council” tries to ban feeding the homeless in public places? That is sacrosanct.
Gee, bird-brains, don't at least some of the parents of these kids pay taxes to your god-forsaken, liberal hellhole? And it wouldn't surprise me if parents elsewhere in Montgomery County had some of their tax money distributed to Kensington, so their kids should be able to play there, too! So there, nyah-nyah-nyah!
First, they ban Santa in 2001. Now, they ban children from playgrounds. What's next?
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
First, they ban Santa. Now, they ban older kids. When, oh when will they ban home-schoolers???
“Gee, bird-brains, don’t at least some of the parents of these kids pay taxes to your god-forsaken, liberal hellhole?”
Indeed. As if “private” means they don’t pay taxes. These people pay up TWICE, jackass. Once for your lousy schools, and 2nd for their eeeevil private school.
OTOH, I don’t see why they can’t ban them, per se. But I still don’t know why they can’t simply state “no loitering” and kick them out as they abuse the time there. Why they need more laws I don’t know.
Oh wait - they’re liberals, I’m sure. That’s why they need more laws.
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