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Aldo Leopold Community School Cuts Ribbon on ADA Compliant & Inclusive Playground

Students and staff celebrate behind a podium with playground and bright green turf in the background.

The Green Bay Area Public School District and Aldo Leopold Community School celebrated the third ADA compliant and inclusive playground in the District with a ribbon cutting on August 21.

Aldo Leopold's playground joins Baird Elementary and Jackson Elementary Schools as ADA compliant and inclusive sites. All three of these projects were thanks to the November 2022 Referendum.

"Thanks to our community’s unwavering support for all students by passing the November 2022 referendum, today we are able to stand here and celebrate the District’s third completed ADA compliant and inclusive playground," Interim Superintendent Vicki Bayer said in front of a crowd of students, families and staff.

With support from the Board of Education and the community, students worked with District staff and Lee Recreation to design the playground.

"For two years our students worked together to come up with ideas and then they went into a deep, deep, deep editing program and gave a lot of feedback," Principal Trina Lambert said. "And then they were allowed to sit around the table when the final decisions were made."

Dr. Margaret Hutchinson, founding principal of Aldo Leopold Community School was in attendance (see photos below).

Thanks to our community for its support of the November 2022 Referendum, Aldo Leopold students and the greater Green Bay community will be able to enjoy the playground for years to come. Stay up to date on other November 2022 Referendum projects here.

Watch a video recap of the ribbon cutting and see photos from the event below.

Aldo students stand behind white ribbon on bright green turf in front of the new playground
Vicki Bayer speaks from podium with bright green turf and dark green trees in the background.
Aldo staff and families clap on playground in front of basketball hoop and dark green trees
Principal Trina Lambert speaks at a podium in a dark polo. Vicki Bayer is in the background in blue. Green turf and dark green trees in background.
Aldo Leopold Community School founder Dr. Margaret Hutchison waves to the crowd while standing in front of the playground and white ribbon
Aldo staff and families clap on playground in front of dark green trees
Principal Trina Lambert speaks at a podium in a dark polo. Green turf and dark green trees in background.,
Vicki Bayer stands on the left while Trina Lambert and a student hold a large scissors with a red handle and cheer with students on the right. Playground and green turf in the background.
Students run onto the green turn towards the playground
Student wearing sun glasses smiles at the camera while on a swing. Other children swinging and dark green trees are in the background
Small child holds a parent's hand while going down a green slide.
Two students talk while holding on to playground equipment.
Student looks down from high up in a piece of climbing equipment. Blue sky in the background
Student sits in a large green swing and looks to the left of the frame. Green turf and other students in the background.
Student sits a top climbing equipment. Blue sky and large green pine trees in the background.
Lynn Gerlach, Laura McCoy, Dr. Margaret Hutchinson, Rick Crossen and Vicki Bayer smile at the camera.
Lynn Gerlach, Laura McCoy and Rick Crossen hold the cut green and white ribbon and smile at the camera.
Dr. Margaret Hutchinson and Vicki Bayer laugh with Aldo's brick building in the background.
Overhead view of the playground while families and students play. Green turf colors the image.