Good Day,
I am a volunteer reviewer for Geocaching.com in Oregon. I am looking at your cache and I’m concerned about how close it is to school property.
The guidelines (http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.printer.friendly&id=11) state:
Geocaches are not placed on school property. Many primary, middle and secondary schools do not allow geocaching within their borders. Further, it is inadvisable to place geocaches near schools as the borders shown on a map may be inaccurate. Geocachers who are actively searching for a cache are likely to arouse suspicion in such environments, and we want to avoid this situation.
Considering it from a the perspective of a parent whose child attends that school, seeing people walking close to the school and the parking lot behaving oddly (as so many cachers do when they’re looking for a cache) during recess just doesn’t feel ok. For what it’s worth, several cachers have told me that they feel uncomfortable finding a cache near a school or a playground if they’re alone because they’re concerned that someone will think they’re predators when all they’re doing is looking for a cache.
I have temporarily disabled your cache to allow you to relocate it away from the school. Once you have moved the cache and changed the coordinates, please log a reviewer note on the cache page so I know to look at it again.
Thanks for understanding,
.
