BACKGROUNDER

New Playground Equipment Program supports 51 B.C. schools

School districts in B.C. are receiving funding from a new program to support building new and replacement playgrounds.

The following districts have been approved for funding:

Rocky Mountain School District (SD 6)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Martin Morigeau Elementary

Kootenay Lake School District (SD 8)

$90,000 for a standard playground at WE Graham Elementary -Secondary

Arrow Lakes School District (SD 10)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Lucerne Elementary Secondary

Revelstoke School District (SD 19)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Columbia Park Elementary

Vernon School District (SD 22)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Mission Hill Elementary

Central Okanagan School District (SD 23)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Peachland Elementary

Cariboo Chilcotin School District (SD 27)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Alexis Creek Elementary/ Jr. Secondary

Quesnel School District (SD 28)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Voyageur Elementary

Chilliwack School District (SD 33)

$90,000 for a standard playground AD Rundle Middle

Abbotsford School District (SD 34)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Dormick Park Elementary

Langley School District (SD 35)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Shortreed Elementary

Surrey School District (SD 36)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Janice Churchill Elementary BACKGROUNDER

Delta School District (SD 37)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Chalmers Elementary

Richmond School District (SD 38)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Blundell Elementary

Vancouver School District (SD 39)

$90,000 for a standard playground at General Brock Elementary

New Westminster School District (SD 40)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Qayqayt Elementary

Burnaby School District (SD 41)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Suncrest Elementary

Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District (SD 42)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Glenwood Elementary

Coquitlam School District (SD 43)

$105000 for an accessible playground at Moody Middle

North School District (SD 44)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Norgate Elementary

West Vancouver School District (SD 45)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary

Powell River School District (SD 47)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Edgehill Elementary

Central Coast School District (SD 49)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Bella Coola Elementary

Haida Gwaii School District (SD 50)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Tahayghen Elementary

Prince Rupert School District (SD 52)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Conrad Elementary

Okanagan-Similkameen School District (SD 53)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Osoyoos Elementary BACKGROUNDER

Bulkley Valley School District (SD 54)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Muhiem Elementary

Prince George School District (SD 57)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Glenview Elementary

Nicola-Similkameen School District (SD 58)

$90,000 for a standard playground at John Allison Elementary

Peace River South School District (SD 59)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Frank Ross Elementary

Greater Victoria School District (SD 61)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Quadra Elementary

Sooke School District (SD 62)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Poirier Elementary

Gulf Islands School District (SD 64)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Saturna Island Elementary

Okanagan-Skaha School District (SD 67)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Columbia Elementary

Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District (SD 68)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Georgia Avenue Elementary

Alberni School District (SD 70)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at EJ Dunn Elementary

Comox Valley School District (SD 71)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Courtenay Elementary

Campbell River School District (SD 72)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Cedar Elementary

Kamloops/Thompson School District (SD 73)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Summit Elementary

Mission School District (SD 75)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Deroche Elementary BACKGROUNDER

Fraser-Cascade School District (SD 78)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Boston Bar Elementary/Secondary

Cowichan Valley School District (SD 79)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Mill Bay Elementary

Fort Nelson School District (SD 81)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at JS Clark Elementary

Coast Mountains School District (SD 82)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Thornhill Elementary

North Okanagan-Shuswap School District (SD 83)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Hillcrest Elementary

Vancouver Island West School District (SD 84)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Kyuquot Elementary/Secondary

Vancouver Island North School District (SD 85)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Fort Rupert Elementary

Stikine School District (SD 87)

$90,000 for a standard playground at Atlin School

Nechako Lakes School District (SD 91)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Grassy Plains Elementary

Nisga’a School District (SD 92)

$105,000 for an accessible playground at Nisga'a Elementary/Secondary

Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique School District (SD 93)

$90,000 for a standard playground at École Rose des Vents