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Dear Elementary, the oldest schoolhouse in the Richmond R-XVI School District, serves approximately 250 students in PreK, Kindergarten and first grade. The school was due for some updates, including a playground renovation. Funded by a tax levy approved in 2015, the renovation was completed in two phases.
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The playground was located away from the school building. Every day, it could take teachers 5 to 10 minutes to walk the students from the school building, down 20 stairs to get to the playground and then 5 to 10 minutes to get back into school. This drastically cut into recess time for the children.
The playground also had wood chips and a regular grass area, which meant that when it rained there was lots of mud. Weather could sometimes keep the kids indoors.
ABcreative helped the school come up with a plan to address these problems.
