OAKLAND — A garden built by Steph and Ayesha Curry’s foundation was found vandalized and in complete disarray over the weekend, barely more than a year after it had been added to the school’s playground, the Oakland Unified School District said.
The vandals tore apart planters, broke wooden benches, damaged a ladder and ripped out hoses that were used for an irrigation system at Global Family Elementary School on 40th Avenue in East Oakland, according to a news release from the school district.
The garden was created, in part, by KABOOM! and the Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, the school district said. It had been added as part of a major renovation project during the 2022-23 school year, which also included the creation of a new playground and sports court.
The school district’s release bemoaned the vandalism, calling it “unfortunate” that anyone would consider such an act “fun, funny or a good idea.”
“It only served to hurt the students and staff at the school,” OUSD’s release said. “We ask that whoever was responsible come forward and admit what they did, and then find some other more healthy ways to channel their anger and frustration.”
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