CCA students and staff are excitedly awaiting the installation of our “Phase 2” replacement of the pea gravel on our playground to the new pour-in-place surfacing! The new surfacing is made possible due to a grant in the amount of $38,035 from the MO Department of Revenue. This latest grant award will provide pour-in-place surfacing for an area approximately 1932 sq. ft. underneath the swings and teeter totters. Due to the temperature requirements for the poured surface, this project will be completed sometime later this summer in June or July by Frye & Associates, Kansas City, MO. Preparation for this project will require parent volunteers and maintenance employees to remove pea gravel from the area that will receive the resurfacing. As part of the grant, we will be having a representative from the Quad-Lakes Waste Management Office present a short presentation about recycling in an all-school assembly for grades 3-12 later this spring in the CCA gym.
CCA received a DNR grant in the amount of $30,000 for Phase 1 of this project in 2021 during which approximately 1607 sq. ft. of area underneath the large yellow playground equipment received the new pour-in-place surfacing was completed. Our goal is to eventually have the pour-in-place surfacing on the entire 11,607 sq. ft. of playground area. Special thanks to Amber Hansen, CCA parent, who has volunteered her time to write both of these grants for our school! CCA plans to continue to submit for grants through DNR and other sources until the recycled pour-in-place surfacing covers the entire playground area.
