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Committee weighs playground priorities, districtwide maintenance and potential referendum timing
Summary
Members debated treating playgrounds as districtwide or school‑specific projects; Dittle's upper playground was quoted at ~$300,000, with full Dittle work and Highland needs potentially pushing playground spending above referendum thresholds. Staff and members also reviewed districtwide needs (doors, masonry, repaving, sprinklers).
The planning committee examined districtwide maintenance needs and whether to treat playground renovations as a single districtwide referendum item or as separate, school‑specific projects.
Staff presented detailed quotes and site‑specific constraints: the upper playground at Dittle was priced at about $300,000 (site excavation and certified fall surfacing are major cost drivers), and the lower Dittle playground and Highland’s south playground could raise costs…
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