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West Middle students ask Hopkins board to adopt inclusive playground policy; trustees refer it to policy committee
Summary
A group of West Middle School students presented a draft district playground policy that would require inclusive features — all‑surface surfacing, at least one wheelchair‑accessible play piece, roller slides and fenced spaces — and asked the board to adopt standard design criteria. Trustees asked the policy committee to review the students’ draft.
A student group called Play For All asked the Hopkins School Board on Oct. 21 to adopt a district‑level playground policy that would set minimum accessibility standards for new or refurbished play spaces, including poured‑in‑place surfacing, at least one wheelchair‑accessible play piece, roller slides that reduce static for cochlear‑implant users, sensory panels and at least one fully fenced playground at each site.
The students — who identified themselves as eighth‑graders and members of the school’s nonprofit advisory board — described the Glenlake Elementary accessible playground they helped design and said the project used an IB design cycle:…
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