Oz school bans kids from running around during recess

[The Straight Story]

Oz school bans kids from running around during recess

Melbourne, Nov 29 (ANI): A school in Australia has banned its students from running around during playtime, as the playground is too crowded.

Armadale Primary has also introduced two lunch times and is taking students to the local park to avoid mayhem in the schoolyard.

School council president Bruce Hemingway said the action was taken, as space had been lost to a 2.5 million dollar Building the Education Revolution project.

But he said the Education Department had refused to give the growing school double-decker portable classrooms, which would free up more space.

"It's appalling. You go to a school as a kid and you can't run around," the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.

Games like basketball and four-square are permitted in the playground, but the principal has banned playing chasey or running randomly.

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/29/ozschool-bans-kids-from-running-around-duringrecess.html

[cleanhippie]

1. Horribly misleading headline.

Needs to be "school bans running at recess due to massive overcrowding cause by budget cuts."

The reality is not even close to what the headline implies.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Australia

Not England? That's a switch.

[JBoy]

3. Free range children are too expensive.