A school that permits students to play running sports such as touch football and soccer on a playing field must implement a regular system of close inspection of the playing surface to identify and remedy potholes and indentations, rather than relying on an ad hoc system of incidental observation and reporting. The absence of prior complaints or injuries does not relieve the school of this obligation where the risk of serious injury from concealed surface defects is foreseeable.
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