LONGVIEW, TX - The bone-chilling mist in 42-degree weather didn't seem to bother about 400 Hudson PEP Elementary School students Thursday morning.

Instead, they were focused on their 10-minute break from class to test drive the school's new playground equipment.

Situated on the south side of the gymnasium, the set of plastic structures includes a glider, climbing wall and three "racing" slides, Principal Sue Wilson said. Perhaps its best feature is the X-wave, a teeter-totter that offers multiple motion for up to 20 kids at once, she added.

Above the playground equipment, a canopy of charred pine branches still remain from a fire Aug. 4 that destroyed the previous playground — a $34,000 structure built two years earlier through PTA fundraisers.

Read more about the day here .

Other tidbits from the article:

• Wilson said the project came to fruition because of the efforts of a few fourth-graders.
• "They had a playground committee (of fourth-graders) who took suggestions from other students about what to include," Wilson said. "The committee actually met with the playground contractors and told them what the students wanted."
• The new $38,000 playground was paid for partly by an insurance claim.
• Fire Marshal Mark Moore said there have been no leads or suspects in the fire, but the case still is under investigation.