I judge a community and a school by their playground equipment. It's just the kid in me I suppose. I like to see some sign that there is sufficient care and funding and that there's attention to detail and that children playing in a safe and creative environment is much more important than anything else like say...a cool teacher's lounge or a state of the art computer lab. Although that's cool too.
It makes a big difference though. If the playground isn't a wreck or littered with trash and there's pretty nice landscaping and obvious tlc, and the equipment meets the safety standards of today, then I'm going to be way more excited about moving in or registering my kids for whatever program it is that I'm investigating.
Because the body and mind are so closely intertwined and because one stimulates the other, it's important for role models and/or facilitators to connect the two things by encouraging both areas of development. High quality, well kept playground equipment and a manicured playground are just the icing on the cake.
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