Petition calls for safer basketball nets at UCDSB schools

Riley Normandeau shows the brace he now wears after injuring his finger on a metal chain basketball net at school about three weeks ago. His mother, Bryanna Normandeau, launched a petition calling for chain nets to be replaced with safer alternatives at Upper Canada District School Board schools. Bryanna Normandeau photo.

A 12-year-old Smiths Falls student injured his finger when it got caught in a metal basketball net.

His parent launched a petition urging UCDSB to replace metal nets with nylon alternatives for student safety.

The board says metal nets are common for durability, but at least one has already been removed after the incident.

Full story: https://www.hometownnews.ca/parent-pushes-replace-metal-basketball-nets-ucdsb/