North East ISD along with San Antonio Sports and the City of San Antonio opened the second School Park, SPARK, in the district at Larkspur Elementary School. Students helped during the ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
The community near Larkspur can now use the remodeled and expanded playground park area on campus after school hours and on weekends. This park features two covered playgrounds, a soccer field, walking trail, disc golf, park benches, covered pavilion and more.
The SPARK park will be open to the public from sunrise to sunset on Saturdays, Sundays, and school holidays. The park will also be open during the week after school at 6:30 p.m. until sunset. The SPARK will be closed when school is in session or when use of the SPARK school ground is necessary for school purposes.
The City of San Antonio, San Antonio Sports, and NEISD has teamed up to transform school playgrounds into larger park facilities. These school parks gives easy access to free exercise facilities to the neighborhood. The first NEISD SPARK opened at Camelot Elementary School in 2013.
NEISD has plans for several more SPARK projects.
Project Information
The SPARK Program is a partnership between the City of San Antonio, San Antonio Sports, and the North East Independent School District to develop public school grounds into neighborhood parks. The SPARK Program began in Houston in 1983 and recently expanded into the San Antonio Area. Larkspur Elementary School was selected as a SPARK Park initiative in the North East Independent School District.
Planning Estimate1: $25,000
Start Date: September 2014
End Date: February 2015
Consultant: North East ISD Construction Planning and Design
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1 The Bond Planning Estimate represents the original bond program costs developed during the bond planning meetings for each project and includes: Design Fees, Construction Costs, Technology Equipment and Installation, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment and Construction Management Costs. The School Board "approved" construction budget can be found in the project Bid Award Agenda Item and represents any/all changes to the project resulting from the design development process and/or construction marketplace and inflation costs.
