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Kirkwood parent and student urge removal of spinning playground equipment after injury

5067560 · June 23, 2025
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Summary

During public comments at the June 23 board meeting, a fifth-grade student and his mother described a playground injury at Kaiser Elementary and asked the district to remove a spinning play feature they said is dangerous.

A fifth-grade student and his mother told the KIRKWOOD R-VII Board of Education on June 23 that the student was seriously injured on a playground feature at Kaiser Elementary and asked the district to remove the equipment.

"Hi. My name is Harry, and I'm going into fifth grade at Kaiser. I fell off this spinning pool and broke my femur. It really hurt. I had to miss my lacrosse…

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