Comments on: Ask Judy: Free summer fun in NYC http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/07/28/ask-judy-free-summer-fun-in-nyc/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Anonymous http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/07/28/ask-judy-free-summer-fun-in-nyc/#comment-9118 Anonymous Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:23:18 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/07/28/ask-judy-free-summer-fun-in-nyc/#comment-9118 in other words city has nothing to offer this summer as usual. Library, playgrounds, what else? Such a huge city could do more for kids than so called "fun" in library. Besides, all these public pools are located in certain areas I would not go. in other words city has nothing to offer this summer as usual. Library, playgrounds, what else? Such a huge city could do more for kids than so called “fun” in library. Besides, all these public pools are located in certain areas I would not go.

]]> By: queens parent http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/07/28/ask-judy-free-summer-fun-in-nyc/#comment-8980 queens parent Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:15:55 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/07/28/ask-judy-free-summer-fun-in-nyc/#comment-8980 Don't count on the playgrounds as an option if you live in Queens. Many of the small local playgrounds in Queens have been given over to private for-profit camps leaving local kids no place to play. These roving camps, which are caravans of 25 school busses and 500 kids without a permanent facility, take over the playgrounds and try to keep the local kids out by stationing people at the entrance and denying local kids admittance. My children have come home very upset on several occassions after they have been told to leave by camps that arrive and pretend they have exclusive use of a playground. Young People's and Creative Daycamp are two of the worst. Their camps consist of driving large numbers of children around all day and invading peaceful neighborhood playgrounds denying local children the right to play. You never know when or where they will show up so this has been an ongoing problem for my kids all summer. The parks dept has issued too many permits to too many large camps forgetting that local kids need a place to play during the day also. And this includes many playgrounds directly adjacent to schools, as for some reason the parks dept has authority over many of these playgrounds, not the school here in Queens. The Parks tennis and track programs are excellent and we have been doing those programs for years. Don’t count on the playgrounds as an option if you live in Queens. Many of the small local playgrounds in Queens have been given over to private for-profit camps leaving local kids no place to play. These roving camps, which are caravans of 25 school busses and 500 kids without a permanent facility, take over the playgrounds and try to keep the local kids out by stationing people at the entrance and denying local kids admittance. My children have come home very upset on several occassions after they have been told to leave by camps that arrive and pretend they have exclusive use of a playground. Young People’s and Creative Daycamp are two of the worst. Their camps consist of driving large numbers of children around all day and invading peaceful neighborhood playgrounds denying local children the right to play. You never know when or where they will show up so this has been an ongoing problem for my kids all summer. The parks dept has issued too many permits to too many large camps forgetting that local kids need a place to play during the day also. And this includes many playgrounds directly adjacent to schools, as for some reason the parks dept has authority over many of these playgrounds, not the school here in Queens.

The Parks tennis and track programs are excellent and we have been doing those programs for years.

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