Posted AT 1:09 PM EDT on 10/05/08
Playground red tape at B.C. schools
VANCOUVER — Replacing dilapidated playgrounds across British Columbia has become an expensive journey through a mass of red tape for parents and schools, and children in disadvantaged areas are losing out, critics say.
Education Minister Shirley Bond acknowledged there are deficiencies in her government's system that matches the money parent advisory councils raise for playground replacement and says there will be changes.
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