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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Colorado Springs elementary school is banning the game of tag on its playground -- after some children complained that they'd been chased or harassed against their will. Assistant Principal Cindy Fesgen of the Discovery Canyon Campus school said running games will be allowed, as long as students don't chase each other. Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban, but most parents and children didn't object. Two elementary schools in the nearby Falcon School District did away with tag and similar games in 2005 in favor of alternatives with less physical contact. Officials at Evans and Meridian Ranch elementaries say that encouraged more students to play games, and helped reduce playground squabbles. Colorado Springs schools are not alone. Schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., Spokane, Wash., and Attleboro, Mass., have banned tag at recess. A suburban Charleston, S.C., school not only banned tagged, but outlawed all unsupervised contact sports.

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And we wonder why the average youth today is over-weight and has no conflict resolution or social skills??? Little Johnny complains to Mommy that he's not happy on the playground so they institute policies that hinder the physical and social development of many for the benefit of a few.

Tankman

No more "tag?" Perhaps a field trip to Mickey D's?

The game of tag been aroound for at least the sixty years I've been around.

I don't agree with changing the rules for a few.
Perhaps the parents complaining 'bout tag need to see why their siblings are upset with the age old game of tag.

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w3iner

LOL, I didn't realise that tag was such a vicious game, and it has been emotionally scarring children unbeknownst to us for god knows how long.

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uzziah0

I guess they don't play the pile on top of _____ game at these schools!

(Like pile on top of Mark = Mark runs away until we can catch him, and then everybody jumps on top of Mark, or on the pile on top of Mark.
Then Mark picks who is next!!!!!!)

breley

Bureaucratic idiocy. Pure and simple.

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CodeBubba

Government Schools. Gotta love 'em.

-CB

harleyxlc

I don't know how I lived through those years...with all the dangers that my parents let me experience!

ralarosa

Let me get this straight. Everyone agrees that kids today need more exercise. So what happens? They reduce or eliminate gym class, cut out recess, and if they do have recess, they can't run around.

Stop the earth, i want to get off (much to W.A.B.A.'s delight)

Steven855

Another reason why liberalism is a mental disorder

jadesse

It seems that most kids today are being raised to be BIG FAT SISSIES that can't do anything for themselves.

JMJSelect

America circa 2020 if liberals have their way.



Government schools are a sad sad reality.

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