The county’s longest-running school is fundraising in the hopes of bringing something new to its campus: an up-to-date playground.

“Everything’s super old and constantly needing repairs, and we’ve had kids who have broken their arms,” said Samantha Olson, the booster club’s president and a para-educator at Deer Park School.

The Deer Park School building was first constructed in 1921. That building remains in use for the K-8 school district today. In the years since, the campus’ renovations have largely come because of volunteer efforts or donations. The Quonset Hut was donated in the 1960s; a new building was added on land donated to the district in the 1980s; a gym was built by volunteer efforts in 2001; and in 2014 the community gathered more than $11,000 in funds for a new pump house.

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