Jacob Woerner, Cole Woerner, Clay Woerner and Luke Woerner clear an area where sod was placed at the elementary school playground.
Volunteers renovate school’s playground
It took a lot of hours working in the hot sun this summer to provide a safer, greener playground for Pike County Elementary School students. Local business owners, parents and teachers spent countless hours in the heat fixing drainage and safety issues and laying down fresh sod at the playground.
"We paid for very little labor. I think it’s huge for kids to see everyone working together. It shows them the importance of community,” said elementary instructional coach Melissa Smith. “I think they’ll take a lot of pride in their playground because they came out there themselves and put a lot of work into it with their parents. It truly was a group effort. I can’t give Smitty Lee of Floyd S. Lee Grading Company enough credit. He was the foreman and put in an extreme amount of time just making sure everything was done right.”
Starting in May, teachers, parents, students and other volunteers began the playground improvement project to repair fencing and prevent rain water from washing out the mulch and grass. Local businesses that donated money or materials include Pike Depot, Johnson Battery, Morelock and Company Ironworks, Jimmy Coley who repaired the fencing, Pike schools maintenance department, PCES PTO and the Shamrock Run, the Pirates high school football team and Pike County public works.
For the whole story, read the August 10 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
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Starting in May, teachers, parents, students and other volunteers began the playground improvement project to repair fencing and prevent rain water from washing out the mulch and grass. Local businesses that donated money or materials include Pike Depot, Johnson Battery, Morelock and Company Ironworks, Jimmy Coley who repaired the fencing, Pike schools maintenance department, PCES PTO and the Shamrock Run, the Pirates high school football team and Pike County public works.
For the whole story, read the August 10 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
To subscribe, click here.
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#1
KI
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08/10/11 at 06:45 AM
Awesome idea !
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Anonymous
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08/10/11 at 04:42 PM
So sad this has to happen when the schools could have used the extra school officials pay , that is TOO MUCH, to do this.
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KI
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08/11/11 at 06:37 AM
They arent going to give up their pay.. and I think it is teaching the kids some good lessons early in life. Maybe when they are seniors their class prank wont anger the entire community. Not that they wanted that, I think they just got carried away.
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