From Devoted Reader Erica comes this handout on playground safety, given to her daughter by her elementary school's gym teacher. I've removed all the identifying information - what's left is a perfect example of a school district that is afraid to let students do anything imaginative on the playground:

I should write this school and tell them that one of the ways my fiance won my heart was by showing me a trick he perfected in elementary school - a back-flip dismount off a swing. At age 31, he can still do it, which impressed the heck out of me.
Posted by kswygert at February 17, 2005 11:54 AM