The playground for the lower grades was refurbished with all new equipment. The box was home to a large slide that did not meet the new safety standards, some turning bars and a horse-shaped object for students to climb on. We just wanted to make sure they had slides and things to climb on and so forth. We wanted to cover all the basics. The new equipment for the lower grades' playground looks similar to what is in the upper-grade playground, but is more colorful.
Students have new monkey bars, a fire pole, three slides and a turning bar.
Parents were extremely conscious of safety and proper age-related items in deciding which playground pieces to purchase, Lamm says. While most of the new equipment has been installed, the turning and parallel bars are missing from the lower-grade playground. Until the pieces are in place, half of the playground box will be blocked off with orange fencing.