Volunteers to build playground at Stone Mountain schools
More than 200 volunteers are expected to build a new playground Wednesday at the DeKalb Academy of Technology and Environment Elementary and Middle Charter Schools in Stone Mountain.
School volunteers are getting help from two companies—Dr Pepper Snapple Group and QuikTrip—and from the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit KaBOOM !, which has been building playgrounds across America.
The playground is based on drawings by children who attended a design event in June. The build is 9 a.m. To 3 p.m., at the schools, 1492 Kelton Dr.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
