Planning for More Play at Meadowview Elementary
The school’s PTO raised $15,000 for the first phase of the school’s playground project and looks forward to more equipment this summer.
Children at Meadowview Elementary School are looking forward to next summer when the last phase of a two-year playground improvement project is completed. The school's parent-teacher organization has raised $15,000 so far to pay for the first phase of the project, which was completed last summer. Meadowview PTO President Deann Mercado said the project was necessary because the equipment was old and out-of-date. "It's been 20 years since new equipment was installed. What we had wasn't age appropriate and it wasn't up to code,” she said. The playground at Meadowview is well-used, with more than 400 students at the school plus other children from the community who visit. "It's a high-traffic playground," Mercado said. "It's very active on the…
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