School gets first playground
By Ken Sugiura
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 10, 2008
 
Where once an empty lot largely went unused, a playground sprang to life Friday. Here, the frame of a swing set, lying on its side. There, a curlicue slide, one piece of an apparatus that included more slides, a ladder and a small climbing wall.

Second-grader Gabrielle Gould watched it all with approval.

"It's tight," she said.

More than 200 volunteers built a playground for Gabrielle and her Cleveland Avenue Elementary School schoolmates. Veteran teachers said it's the first at this 58-year-old Atlanta school, where 95 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced-cost lunch.

"We're really, really looking forward to this," said Lillian Jackson, an instructional specialist who has taught at the school for 23 years. "It's wonderful for the children."

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