The Power Of Play

OUSD is redesigning and realizing next generation schoolyards that provide dynamic joyful play spaces for health, wellness, and academic success.

We are integrating critical issues we need to solve at our schools into how we design our schoolyards moving forward:

• boosting mental and physical health,
• improving children’s educational outcomes,
• creating opportunities for social and emotional development,
• mitigating heat and pollution,
• and strengthening our community.

In 2019, we passed the Living Schoolyards policy and in November 2022, the OUSD Living Schoolyards Guidelines were published. Both the policy and guidelines drive our work today.