Sanchez Elementary has a new playscape

The Sanchez Elementary Green School Park has been spruced up, and a celebratory ribbon cutting will mark the changes at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27. The park is the last in a series of pilot sites in the Green School Parks program that was funded by a grant from Cities Connecting Children to Nature. It was funded, in part, by an ACL Music Festival Grant from Austin Parks Foundation and completed with their support, Austin Independent School District and the Austin Parks and Recreation Department. According to a press release about the ribbon cutting, the park now “combines nature play, new trees, an outdoor classroom, and traditional park amenities for an experience that is enjoyed by both children and adults alike. A playful circuit of balance logs, stump jumps, stepping stones, and a play bridge encourage movement, balance, and agility all while engaging with natural materials.”