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 Vancouver 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 .