By Jessica Harding
Schenectady (N.Y.) Gazette Reporter
June 12, 2008

AMSTERDAM — The children at Clover Patch Preschool patiently waited Wednesday for a chance to play on their new playground, staring at the bright red structure in quiet anticipation.

When their teachers and staff finally let them loose, the 3- and 4-year-olds attacked the playground, running, sliding and climbing on the apparatus behind the school building attached to St. Mary’s Institute.

The CloverPatch Preschool is one of several preschools under the direction of the Center for Disability Services and educates 3- through 5-year-olds with special needs, along with typically developing children.

The Amsterdam site was the last of the CFDS-affiliated sites to have a playground. Before the new equipment, children played with large plastic toys, including a car and an airplane. [More]

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