Emerick said some of the four playgrounds attract as many as 30 children per day.
Supervisors offer a variety of organized games and arts and crafts.
Clearance checks were not mandated by the borough in the past. Trafford summer playgrounds will have programs from June 14 to Aug. 6 Monday through Friday at the Woodlawn, Fairmont, Terrace and South Trafford parks. Board member Dom Frollini questioned the need for background checks, saying that employees would be residents known to the community. The kids will be incurring this expense needlessly. As small as this town is, if there was a problem with someone, everyone would know it.