Park Grade Park Grade 24th Street Mini Park Closed McCoppin Square A Adam Rodgers Park A McKinley Square B Alamo Square C Merced Heights Playground B Alice Chalmers A Alioto Mini Park B Michelangelo Playground C 2006 Park Closed Midtown Terrace Playground C Argonne Closed Miraloma Playground C Balboa Park and Pool D B Bay View Playground and King Pool A Mission Playground/Pool A Bernal Heights Mini Park B Mission Rec. Center A Bernal Heights park and Rec. Center A Moscone Playground East F Playground Boeddeker Park and Clubhouse C Moscone Playground West A Brooks Park A A C Report Card Bush/Broderick Mini Park C Noe Valley Courts B Cabrillo Playground C North Beach Playground and Pool B Cayuga Playground B Oceanview Playground and Recreation Center B Chinese Playground D Palou Phelps Mini-Park B Chinese Recreation Center F Panhandle C D Parkside Square B Clement Mini Park F On February 11, 2006, the Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) hosted the Love Your Playground Parque Ninos Unidos B Coleridge Mini Park C event to raise awareness of and bring attention to the needs of San Francisco's playgrounds. The Coronado Playground B Peixotto Playground A Cow Hollow Playground & Clubhouse D Portola (Palega) Playground & Rec. Center D event was held at four locations around the City, one in each city quadrant. Volunteers that Crocker Amazon Playground @ Geneva B Portsmouth Square A participated in the event received training for a survey tool developed by NPC in conjunction with the Crocker Amazon Playground @ Italy F Potrero Hill Mini Park C Recreation and Park Department (RPD) based on a survey created by the National Program for Douglass Playground A Potrero Hill Playground & Rec. Center F Duboce Playground @ Noe B Precita Park D Playground Safety. Volunteers then signed up to complete surveys in their own neighborhoods, with Duboce Playground @ Waller D Presidio Heights Playground & Clubhouse C the ambitious goal of completing a survey for each playground in San Francisco. The Report Card is Eureka Valley Playground & Rec. Center A Randolph Bright Mini Park A Excelsior Playground A an attempt to create a baseline for the state of our playgrounds as well as provide RPD with Franklin Square F Richmond Playground A necessary information to direct their limited resources for maintenance and improvements. Fulton Playground C Rochambeau Playground B Garfield Square/Pool A Rolph Nicol Playground (Eucalyptus Park) A George Christopher Playground A Rossi Playground F Gilman Playground A Saint Mary’s Square F B Saint Mary's Playground & Rec. Center F Heights Park C San Francisco Playgrounds DistrictDistrict Playground Playground Grades Grades Selby/Palou Mini Park C -Fulton & 8th Avenue C Seward Mini Park B Final Grades 2006 Golden Gate Park -Sharon Meadow Closed Sgt. John Macauley Park C A's District 1 58% Golden Gate Park - Lincoln & 45th Ave B District 1 D 64% Sigmond Stern Grove (including Stern Grove Annex) B 25% B's Grattan Park F District 2 69% Silver Terrace Playground C 27% District 2 C 69% Hamilton Recreation Center D 67% South of Market Rec. Center B DistrictDistrict 3 3 Hayes Green B C 67% South Park D 63% Hayes Valley Playground C DistrictDistrict 4 4 C South Sunset Playground Closed 65% Hayward Playground C DistrictDistrict 5 5 C 73% Sunset Playground F 73% Helen Wills Playground A 66% States St. Playground D DistrictDistrict 6 6 C Herz Playground B Sunnyside Playground C DistrictDistrict 7 7 C 68% 66% Hilltop Park F Tenderloin Park and Rec. Center B District 8 72% Holly Park A Closed District 8 86% Upper Noe Rec. Center A District 9 B Hunters Point Rec Center D 4% District 9 B 79% 86% Visitation Valley Playground A District 10 Huntington Park D District 10 76% Walter Haas Playground B F's 81% Hyde-Turk Mini Park B District 11 B Washington Hyde Mini Park B 7% C's District 11 59% India Basin/Shoreline Park C D 76% Washington Square and Marini Plaza C 24% J.P. Murphy Playground and Clubhouse F West Portal Playground B 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%61% 70% 80% 90% Jackson Playground A West Sunset Playground F D's James Rolph Playground D 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Woh Hei Yuen Park C 13% Julius Kahn Playground & Clubhouse C Youngblood Coleman Playground & Rec. Center C Junipero Serra Playground C Figure 1: The above pie chart indicates that just over half of Figure 2: When looking at average scores by Supervisoral Juri Commons B San Francisco's playgrounds received a grade of an A or B in District, no District scored an A in the 2006 Report Card. Only Kelloch/Velasco Park C Grades: What it all MEANS: the 2006 Report Card. three districts received an average of B and District 11 Kid Power/Hoff Street Park B A = 88% - 100% A Congratulations on having a safe and received a D average. Kimball Playground A B = 75% - 87% well-maintained playground. Please Koshland Park A continue to maintain this excellence. C = 62% - 74% Lafayette Park D D = 51% - 61% Your playground is on its way to This Playground Report Card was made possible through the generous support of the D B F = 50 and below providing a safe environment for children. Laurel Hill Playground & Clubhouse A Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Lee Recreation Center B C Additional work is needed to create a and the Lessing Sears Mini Park A safe and well maintained environment for Lincoln Playground F children. Little Hollywood Park B Improvements are needed. Louis Sutter Playground B D

F Please make improvements immediately.

Issues that DON'T MAKE the GRADE in San Francisco Playgrounds (in order of reporting priority)

Rules posted regarding 25% expected behavior Wooden Play structure is 41% thoroughly painted Equipment is free of rust, 42% corrosion or rotting

All “S” hooks are closed 52%

Equipment is free of splinters 54%

Playground has sufficient 56% lighting 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

% of city parks in compliance

Figure 3: The above chart indicates the most frequent areas of concern for San Francisco playgrounds.

t is important that S-Hooks found on a playground I are closed at least to the width of a dime. This is a Of all issues reported national standard that helps prevent serious injury to children that can result if drawstrings on

children’s clothing get caught in open S-Hooks. through in 2005,

playgrouPlaygroundsnds topped 27% Issues that MAKE the GRADE in the list as an issue of Athletic Courts 17% San Francisco Playgrounds concern!

Restrooms 11% Supporting structure is 98% securely anchored to ground Gates/Locks/Fences 8% Children can be easily viewed 93% Reported Issues of Major Concern to the San Francisco Park-going Public on equipment Recreation Center Exteriors 8% 2005 Platform guardrails are 92% securely in place Drinking Fountains 7% Equipment fasteners are all 91% tight Playground is free of visual 89% Garbage Containers 6% impairments

Suitable surfacing materials 89% Picnic Areas 6% provided 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Signage 4% % of city parks in compliance

Lights/Lighting 3% Dog Play Areas 1% Some wooden play structures that were put in place before % of city-w ide reports 1991 contain arsenic due to pressure treated lumber. RPD seals these play structures by thoroughly painting them on a Copyright Neighborhood Parks Council 2006, All rights reserved. regular basis.