Privatized playground at North Vancouver's Cousteau International French School angers parent

It's private property, and she's lucky the school doesn't ban outsiders after 5pm. Them's the breaks with parents raising money for schools instead of schools being funded properly by the government.

This is nothing new. Back in my day there were a few schools that didn't allow non-students of the school on the grounds until after a certain time of day.

If she has issues, perhaps she should take them up with the NVSD, as they are the ones 'leasing' the property to the International french school. The lease contract should cover this, especially if this school was a 'community school' before it closed.

I don't see the issue either. It's a school playground for kids from that school while it's open. They let everyone use it before and after. That's fair. Most public schools follow a similar policy for security reasons.

The problem isn't the kids that play, but the random adult "parent" with those kids. Even parents of students aren't allowed in the yard at my public school while it's open and that makes sense to me.

Yep. But there is also the liability issue if a kid gets hurt. Who do you think the parents will sue if little Johnny falls off the monkey bars? Maybe they should sue themselves for building this attractive hazard in the first place.

She absolutely has issues.

She spent her whole life with everyone telling her and her kids that they were ' special ', and
' precious '.

She just found out she ain't so special after all.

I'm not too sure that's the rationale behind it. What's to prevent the parents from filing a lawsuit if little Johnny gets hurt on the playground after 5PM?

Well, that's a point.

I really don't get why she is making such a fuss.

During school hours access to the property, inside and out, should be limited to the students and staff only. What's next? Access to the gym and washrooms?

Why is it that some people feel compelled to challenge every rule/regulation that they don't like regardless of how petty it is? Need attention much?

Yeah because adult supervision is so terrible.

And fuck the private school.


Is stopping children from using playground equipment a good policy? What does anyone gain from it?

Kids still love to run around screaming and climbing on stuff. Until it rains then it's back to gaming.

That's how I like to share my excitement when I get a new firearm. I run around yelling "I have a gun, I have a gun!"

Then I get to do some parkour with the police as they chase me over the roof tops of Revolutionary Paris.

Or is that Assassin's Creed Unity? Hard to tell sometimes.


I believe in private property, but a playground meant for children should be open for use by children. Just because French school runs till 5:30 isn't a reason why other children can't have fun.

If I wanted to get super upset, I'd likely point out that children in French school still get public funding. Part of the public funding should be that anyone can use the playground equipment; children during the day, teens with out any place to go at night.