A dream that has been in the works for almost four years will start to come true this week. Kelly Meadows the Director for Health Services with the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Schools is the project coordinator for Stay and Play. Meadows believes when completed it will be the only such playground at a school in Southeast Texas.
Meadows the school nurse and Rachel Choate the Life Skills Instructor at Little Cypress Intermediate School had the dream in October 2012 for a place that their special friends could go outside to play and be safe. Stage 1 was a 40 by 40-foot fenced in area which opened on the school campus in 2013 where life-skilled students could play.
The Stay and Play playground will feature a rubberized play area to prevent injuries from falls. The playground equipment will be all inclusive especially geared towards students with physical and neurological needs. Meadows explains there will be climbing apparatus that will allow wheel chair bound students to use their arms to pull themselves up. Multi-level hoops will give all students the chance to dunk a ball. There will be other equipment for crawling through and spinning in, or just sitting inside with some good alone time.
After nearly four years Meadows is excited about the groundbreaking for Stage 2 of Stay and Play. The groundbreaking was held Friday morning, May 13, on the Little Cypress Intermediate School campus. The playground is a community effort with many contributors and donors and all were invited to take part in the breaking of the ground.
The goal of Stay and Play according to Meadows is to be inclusive for all students to allow them to play together. When completed it will not be limited to use only by students at Little Cypress Intermediate School. Meadows states that other schools will be allowed to come share the special play area and invites everyone to come and play.
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