Port Elgin, N.B. builds accessible playground [Video]

Students at Port Elgin Regional School in New Brunswick have a new accessible playground that all students can enjoy thanks to a community effort.

Principal Christoph Becker says the idea for an accessible playground was born when he saw a video of a young student struggling.

“We started to think about one structure we could buy that she could access, then actually her parents made a video, and that video was shown to the staff and after that the momentum just became unreal, Becker said. “Because these kids are with us for 9 years it becomes personal and when it became personal, I had 3 EAs that started doing incredible stuff.”

Chris Morrison was among the education assistants who helped to raise over half a million dollars to build the playground. She said the playground wouldn’t be there without the support of the community and its businesses.

“We’ve had so much community support starting with our …