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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (183189)	10/18/2006 11:25:37 AM
From: SirWalterRalegh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793963

<<Mass. elementary school bans tag>> Lets ban lawyers instead.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (183189)	10/18/2006 11:52:33 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793963

Had a practice lock down at my sons' middle school the other day. One of my sons is responsible for making sure all the kids get into the closet.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (183189)	10/18/2006 12:22:57 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793963

Not it! Mass. elementary school bans tag They're afraid of a lawsuit if a kid gets hurt. Damn lawyers!!! Not it! Mass. elementary school bans tag 2 hours, 22 minutes ago Tag, you're out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable. Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban. While there is no districtwide ban on contact sports during recess, local rules have been cropping up. Several school administrators around Attleboro, a city of about 45,000 residents, took aim at dodgeball a few years ago, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous. Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Spokane, Wash., also recently banned tag during recess. A suburban Charleston, S.C., school outlawed all unsupervised contact sports. "I think that it's unfortunate that kids' lives are micromanaged and there are social skills they'll never develop on their own," said Debbie Laferriere, who has two children at Willett, about 40 miles south of Boston. "Playing tag is just part of being a kid." Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said.