PEABODY – The wait is almost over for students at the McCarthy School. The School Committee approved Principal Amy Sullivan’s request to move forward with their plans for a new playground by accepting a donation by the North Shore Spirit baseball team.Just over two weeks ago, The Spirit, who will be closing its doors on Oct. 31, offered to donate their playground on Fraser Field in Lynn to the McCarthy School after hearing of their situation.For over three years, the McCarthy School community has been working to replace two structures that were deemed unsafe and out of code in 2004. The first offender was a brick amphitheatre located behind the school, which has since been removed. The second was the existing playground that inspectors declared unsafe and beyond repair, advising the school to simply replace the structure with a new one. The school has been fundraising to pay for the new playground ever since.By April, the McCarthy School had raised enough money to begin the initial phase of replacing the playground and leveling the land on which the new structure would exist. In the midst of doing so, the school decided to build not one, but two new playgrounds to suit the different needs of both pre-schoolers and elementary-age students.Sullivan has spent the last two weeks working with The North Shore Spirit, certified playground inspectors, and Game Time, the builders of their playground, to develop a plan to move the equipment to the McCarthy School.According to William Eckhardt, a certified inspector of Childscapes Playgrounds, the Fraser Field playground is in sound condition after receiving minimal wear and tear over its five years at the field. He also said that it’s up to code and able to be moved.Employees from Childscapes, who have worked with Game Time equipment before, will disassemble and reassemble the playground prior to Oct. 31, pending the green light given by Peabody’s insurance underwriter and a permit by the building inspector.The donation, said Sullivan, will help save the McCarthy School a large sum of money. Since the Spirit playground is built for children grades K-5, savings will be put towards purchasing a structure more appropriate for the preschool children.And with the playground inspector’s approval to leave the existing cement footings at the Fraser Field site, the school will save even more money, approximately $6,000. Sullivan said that removing and salvaging the old cement foundation would be expensive, and not as safe as digging fresh footings at the McCarthy School.Mayor Michael Bonfanti was quick to commend Sullivan for her fundraising efforts and research involving the project.”If we can save $1, I’m even happier,” Bonfanti laughed.School Committee member Beverly Ann Griffin Dunne was more than pleased with the plan.”I think it’s a wonderful addition to the school,” Dunne said. “The kids will have a blast.”Sullivan said that once the insurance concerns and building permit are taken care of, in addition to passing the safety inspection by the city once the structure is rebuilt, students at the school could be playing on the new equipment in a few weeks.