An e-mail:

What a ridiculous article on tag from both angles. If I follow this right they’re banning tag because the kids aren’t really playing tag. Well, why not tell the kids that what they’re doing isn’t the way it’s supposed to be played (sounds like teaching) and then they can play tag?
On the other side you have the parent who’s kid was hit with a rock and then says “I didn’t expect because of these two instances that the equipment would be banned or all the rocks or pebbles or stones would be taken away.” I’d say I wouldn’t either, but I would expect someone to find the rock thrower and say “stop throwing rocks at other kids!” Is that too obvious?
“…children are very resilient and creative, and I’m sure have moved on to find wonderful things to do on the playground.” – I’m sure she’s not sure. Assuming elementary school children are “finding” things at recess is never a smart idea in my experience. When I was a kid (about the same time as you, I think) when we found “wonderful things to do” it usually involved kinetic energy and probably the highest heights we could find. That’s why they had us playing controlled games like tag.