Lafayette Elementary chooses ‘big toy’; construction this summer

From Lafayette Elementary‘s ‘Play It Forward’ playground-project team – a big decision for the playground upgrades at West Seattle’s most populous elementary school:

Here is the result of the Lafayette playground equipment vote. A Playground Equipment Selection Committee comprised of staff, faculty, parents and community members met to develop criteria for the “big toy.” They then sent out RFPs to all of the vendors approved by the Seattle School District.

Of the eight RFPs the committee received, three fit the criteria. After a vote at the community meeting, the students, parents, siblings, faculty and staff. Here is the winner!

Thank you to everyone who voted in our Big Toy Vote for the Lafayette Playground. By an overwhelming margin, Proposal “A” was selected with 365 votes, 48% of the total votes. Proposal B came in second with 290 votes, and C with 103. We’ll be breaking ground at the end of the school year and building the new playground over the summer break.

There’s still a lot of work to do before the kids can enjoy our new playground – money to raise, bricks to sell, volunteers to help prep and build the toy over the summer. We need you! Look for upcoming announcements about our community update meetings and volunteer opportunities. We also will be closing out our brick sales on May 13th – be sure to get your orders in before you miss out! Questions/Ideas/Wanna Help? Contact Holly at rhgrambihler@msn.com or Deborah at deborah@civicgroup.net

eric March 30, 2011 (7:30 pm)

The email deborah@civicgroup.org isn’t working.

monroe1200 March 31, 2011 (7:12 am)

Now lets see how long it takes before it is completed…my son has gone to this school since kindergarten and he is now in the 5th grade, and we have been donating money ever since the beginning. This has got to be the longest drawn out project I have seen for a playground. Maybe when his children go there it will be ready for them to play on.

smarkle March 31, 2011 (7:54 am)

Deborah’s email is: deborah@civicgroup.net

WSB March 31, 2011 (8:01 am)

The civicgroup.org is exactly how it came to us from the playground project but I’ll take your word for it, have changed it in the quoted material – TR