[La Lydia]

Same town that banned Santa Claus in public. "Maintenance issues" indeed.

[dalebert]

uhhhh...dont their parents pay property tax....that supports the park?

[coydog]

That’s just mean-spirited.

[paulycy]

"By Order of Burgermeister Meisterburger!"

[CSM]

They should also ban people from driving on roads, that will save them some maintenance cost for public resources.

[saint]

So let the kids play at city hall.

[Red Badger]

Those kids will see firsthand the power of government in their lives and will resent it for the rest of it.................

[originalbuckeye]

Obviously bureaucracy but I don’t know of any school that lets the kids off school grounds for recess. Most schools nowadays don’t allow kids off school grounds even for lunch break.

[workerbee]

I saw a segment about this on the local news last night. Apparently one of the complaints from residents was that the schoolkids weren’t being supervised and were “running roughshod” over the preschoolers already there in the park.

It could just be snitty spitefulness by Montgomery County re private schools, but I’d be willing to bet most of the parents sending their kids to this school are as liberal as they come.

[bgill]

Sure, it’s a public park and is paid for by tax dollars but it wasn’t put there to provide a playground for the school. If the school wants a playground, they should build their own. Imagine the law suits if a student gets hurt. Or what if a car hits a student crossing the road to the park. I can see the headlines now if some sicko grabs a kid at the park when the kid should have been on “safer” school property. No, there’s too many problems. Little kids shouldn’t leave school grounds during the day.

[subterfuge]

The town council unanimously passed a resolution

Typical ABC piece, lacking any names that can be dealt with. People should stand up to tyranny.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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.

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!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

First, they ban Santa. Now, they ban older kids. When, oh when will they ban home-schoolers???