Eight new playgrounds will be installed across Plano ISD after the district’s board of trustees approved a competitive sealed proposal to remove and replace playgrounds at eight campuses during a Jan. 20 board meeting.
A $5.6 million contract was approved to install upper and lower playgrounds at McCall, Hedgcoxe, Hightower, Haun, Gulledge, Wells and Memorial elementary schools, along with one upper-grade-level playground at Wyatt Elementary.
The lower unit at Wyatt Elementary has already been replaced. All eight playgrounds will include new play equipment, a shade structure and synthetic turf surfacing…