Pending approval from town meeting voters, upgrades could be on the way for the West Tisbury school playground.

Principal Donna Lowell-Bettencourt told the up-Island regional school district school committee Monday that a play structure installed more than 20 years ago is long overdue for replacement and has been deemed beyond saving.

Ms. Lowell-Bettencourt said a parent once showed her pictures of rusty holes in the platforms on the structure. While the school did some spot work to keep children from sticking their feet through rusted holes, the structural integrity of the piece continued to decline.

This April the three up-Island towns that comprise the school district will be asked at town meetings to help fund the $285,000 cost of a new structure and surfacing at the playground.

Plans will make the playground compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and generally safer. The first phase, planned for this summer, is estimated to cost $295,000. The existing play structure is deteriorating and slated to be removed from the playground the Tuesday after school adjourns from the summer, Ms. Lowell-Bettencourt said. The estimated cost of removal is $10,000.

A new structure and surfacing will cost $285,000. Ms. Lowell-Bettencourt said $110,000 will come from fundraising and private donations.

Town meeting voters will be asked to approve $145,000 from West Tisbury community preservation act funds and $40,000 total from Chilmark and Aquinnah using the regional formula. The amounts may have to be amended on town meeting floors to comply with the school district’s regional formula.

The school is planning to order new structures from a new company, Kompan. A handout at the school committee meeting showed a large toy called Epic Edge with swings, a bridge, spinner bowls and climbing structures.

“This utilizes the space much better and creates a flow of movement for kids in each and specific activities that should allow for a much more functional playground space,” assistant principal Mary Boyd said.

Ms. Lowell-Bettencourt also noted the new playground will be more accessible to students with disabilities.

“The new playground has a significant amount of handicap accessibility. Because of the surface we’re putting on, most of the equipment if not all of the equipment is approachable, and that satisfied some level of handicap accessibility,” she said.

Ms. Boyd agreed, further pointing out that getting rid of sand around the structures would significantly increase accessibility.

“The poured-in-place material is a surfacing that would allow for strollers and wheelchairs and other accessibility devices in a way that no other playground on the Island currently has,” Ms. Boyd said.

According to their three year plan, the school is hoping to upgrade the basketball court and soccer field in the summer of 2017. In the plan, Ms. Lowell-Bettencourt estimated a $70,000 cost for phase two. The budget source was listed as an Island-wide CPC request proportional to town enrollment and inclusive of soccer usage offset.

The final phase would focus on the K-2 outdoor learning area with an estimated cost of $50,000. The expected budget source is private donations, fundraising, and a potential grant.