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Parents say district's donated playground design excludes students with disabilities; Rosenau received limited accommodations
Summary
A parent group that planned the district's inclusive Play for All playgrounds told the board the district accepted a $1 million donation but selected designs that are not accessible districtwide; Rosenau Elementary received limited accessible pieces but some equipment was not installed on schedule.
Laura Henry, a leader of the grassroots Play for All project and mother of a student with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, told the board during public comment that a $1,000,000 donation to the district did not produce playground designs accessible to students with physical disabilities.
Henry said she and co‑leader Candace Hayward spent two years researching inclusive playgrounds and fundraising, and that the donor — identified in the meeting as NEBAP — gave the district…
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