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  • Schools throw a wrench at dodgeball

    06/19/2004 6:56:42 AM PDT · by qam1 · 70 replies · 566+ views
    Palm Beach Post ^ | 6/18/04 | Aime Palmer
    The sting of a red rubber dodgeball, the shame of being the first struck out, the rapture in being the last player standing. Though nostalgic Baby Boomers and a subsequent generation might recall sensations such as these, children in Palm Beach and Martin County schools might not have the chance. "Not as long as I can help it," said Kevin Sterling, program planner for physical education for Palm Beach County grades K-12. "It's an extremely aggressive, dangerous game." Dodgeball is not officially banned in Martin County, according to Delores Calloway, the director of school improvement and curriculum for the Martin...