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Attn: Bob Waldrop:
Its those funny little "get rid of the logs" people again.
O Woe...
School Inspectors Say: Trees Too Dangerous! « FreeRangeKids
https://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/school-inspectors-say-trees-too-dangerous/

Read the teaser; outlawed stumps time again:

"Outside, even as suburbia encroaches, the school’s 11 acres remain 
rural. There’s another cat, and all those trees. Years ago, there was a 
stream, too, but that has since been fenced off for safety reasons. 
There were also several fat logs cut into stumps. Kids could place them 
in a circle for story time or line them up and hop from stump to stump.

But, by regulation, any “play equipment” must be permanently affixed to 
the ground over safety surfacing. And because the kids played with the 
logs, these technically were “play equipment,” so now they’re gone, too. 
Maloney didn’t buck the system. The school opened in 1981 and was never 
in danger of closing. Till now.

The problem started last year when an inspector visited the school and 
smelled something foul. This turned out to be an egg a boy had stuffed 
into his boot for safekeeping (and forgotten!). It made a bad impression 
on the inspector, who returned with more inspectors, who in turn found 
more things objectionable."