Making Recess Fun -- for Bureaucrats
A mom who wished to remain anonymous recently went to her daughter's Maryland elementary school to ask why the kids aren't allowed to play tag, or even close their eyes, at recess.
"We'd recently transferred from another district, and my daughter was taken aback by how many rules there were," said the mom.
There are indeed a lot of rules at the girl's new school -- four pages of them. The mom found this out when the school administrator handed her a copy of the "Montgomery County Public Schools Playground Supervision Recess Procedures for Playground Aides." It states, among other things:
-- Baseball and football games are not permitted at any time.
-- Haphazard running, chasing and tag games on the blacktop are not permitted.
-- A student may not begin to swing on rings and bars until the student ahead of them has finished.
Once they do swing or climb, they must use "opposed thumb grip." (As opposed to ... their teeth?)
As for behavior:
-- It is the responsibility of the playground aide to "caution children if it appears emotions and excitement are mounting to a point where incorrect actions may soon result."
Incorrect actions! It's like the prequel to "Minorty Report."
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