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Gone are metal jungle gyms and slides high above ground, ripped up and replaced by low-to-the ground plastic structures with rounded edges and unimaginative designs.
As if the traditional playgrounds werent unsafe enough, school inspectors in New Jersey have now identified another threat to our childrens safety: the potentially eye-poking menaces known as trees.
You read that correctly.
Apparently, low-hanging tree branches at a rural child-care facility in Moorestown, N.J., were too much to take for inspectors with the states department of children and families.
They ordered the facilitys director, Sue Maloney, to cut the overgrown vegetation to a height of two metres on every tree. Either that or a fence would have to be built around each tree to prevent children from getting too close. Failing to do so would put the schools safety record in jeopardy.
The latest safety hazard on school grounds: trees - Parentcentral.ca
You can't make this shit up.