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School coin drive raises $40,000 for playground

Original post made on Jun 21, 2018

Local school kids have collected a small fortune in small change to help pay for a new playground. A student coin drive at Mountain View Whisman and Los Altos school districts has raised more than $40,000 that will go toward a Magical Bridge playground at Rengstorff Park.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, June 21, 2018, 11:45 AM

Comments (5)

Posted by Parent
a resident of Castro City
on Jun 21, 2018 at 1:18 pm

Congratulations to the kids. May I suggest you not let the MVWSD handle your donations funds. Seems they need a refresher course on bookkeeping


Posted by Ralph
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Jun 21, 2018 at 9:49 pm

Ralph is a registered user.

True about MV-WHISMAN. But don't leave the money in the hands of the Los Altos School District either. The LASD would never decide how to spend it. Any any promise made to the kids was just, well, KIDDING AROUND.


Posted by Landels mom
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Jun 23, 2018 at 7:41 am

This article was very cool to share with my daughter, who enthusiastically emptied out her piggy bank for the school’s coin drive. It’s a great opportunity for her to see that her small contribution became something larger and tangible, and she was very excited to hear the results.


Posted by Juan
a resident of Rengstorff Park
on Jun 24, 2018 at 7:59 pm

Why do we need a "Magical Bridge playground" at Rengstorff park when there is one literally 2 miles away at Mitchell Park, soon to be one in Sunnyvale too? Children with "physical and cognitive disabilities" play fine at the existing structures at Rengstorff Park, there is no need to tear down unique play features (like the cardboard box slide area) in order to build a cookie-cutter playground just like two others in the area.

If you really want to improve Rengstorff Park, start by finding a new place for the RVs dumping sewage literally steps from where children are playing. A pedestrian / bike overpass / underpass across Central Expy. would also go far.


Posted by ML Kyle
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jun 25, 2018 at 11:25 am

ML Kyle is a registered user.

Because being able to walk to a really nice park is way nicer than having to drive to a heavily crowded one?

The same crowd who crows about traffic 24/7 are the same ones who don't want to build nicer facilities so people can... avoid driving and reduce traffic. Good job all around everyone.


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