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Rivercrest Elementary opens a playground students helped design

Rivercrest Elementary in Wilson opened a $507,000 playground with wheelchair-accessible equipment and sensory pods. Students had a hand in the design.

By Tazzora Editorial TeamVerified · Source: KAIT 8Oct 29, 2026 · 1 min read
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A bright orange wheelchair-accessible swing with a high back and a safety bar in a park
Illustrative photo of a wheelchair-accessible swing in a park in Italy. This is not the Rivercrest playground. Albarubescens / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Rivercrest Elementary opened a playground its students helped plan, KAIT 8 reported. The project in Wilson cost $507,000. The equipment includes pieces a child can use from a wheelchair, and sensory pods for children who need a quieter kind of play.

The opening is one school yard, built with student ideas in the design. The dollar figure is the cost of this playground, not a price tag for every school that wants the same thing.

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Rivercrest Elementary in Wilson, Arkansas, has a new playground that cost $507,000. Students helped decide what it should include. The equipment can be used by children who use wheelchairs, and there are sensory pods, quiet spots built for kids who need a break from noise and bright motion. An inclusive playground is one planned so more kinds of bodies and more kinds of kids can play on it, not only the kids who can climb a ladder. The school opened it after the students had a say in the design. The price is what this one playground cost, and the design is what those students asked for.

  1. What would you change on a playground so a classmate who uses a wheelchair could play?
  2. Why might some kids need a quiet spot in the middle of recess?
  3. Who should get to help design a place that children use every day?

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