“Design Day,” the kickoff event for the rebuilding of Westport’s Compo Beach Playground, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27.
“Design Day” will begin with children from the five Westport elementary schools sharing their expert adviceӔ and ideas for the new playground with John Dean of Leathers & Associates, Inc.
The New York firm, a leader in the field of community-built playgrounds, was selected for the Compo Beach playground rebuilding.
John Dean will spend the morning with the schoolchildren and then spend the afternoon drawing the initial designs for the site based on their ideas, according to an announcement by the Compo Beach Playground Committee.
All children from the elementary schools will be able to participate in the actual design of the new playground through either in-school or take-home activities executed by the schools.
The schools have agreed to enable each of their student leadership groups or governing councils to meet with Dean during a set time in the morning of the school day on April 27.
Children who do not actually meet with the designer will have their ideas communicated through their student representatives at these meetings.
An unveiling of the playground design will take place at 7 p.m. that evening in the Long Lots Elementary School auditorium in an event open to the public, the committee said.
