Superintendent: new elementary playgrounds open, district working to ease bus-driver shortages
Aug 17, 2026
Superintendent Sheila Meggers said new elementary playgrounds opened the day before school and have been a hit with students; she also acknowledged the district is short on bus drivers and staff are working on routing and hiring improvements.
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Superintendent Sheila Meggers reported Aug. 17 that schools opened last week and that new elementary playgrounds across the district were completed the day before school began. "One of the biggest highlights has been the new playgrounds at the elementary schools," she said, adding staff had even set some capacity limits because students were so eager to use the equipment.
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