Project improvements and benefits:

All-Weather Track: This track will directly benefit our track programs. Both the girls and boys programs have been highly successful in the past decade. Both squads have won numerous league and district titles. Most of the meets and invitationals are held on all weather tracks. At this time, the athletes have to work out on a dated cinder track. The footing and feel of a cinder track is different than a all-weather track. With the proper banking and drainage the athletes can still work out on a damp all weather track after a rain, the cinder track will form pools of water rending the track useless after a rain. We will have the capability of hosting invitationals and having more home meets with the improved track facilities. A secondary consideration is the labor involved in having to regrade the cinder track each season + having to reline it before every meet. With an All-Weather track this maintenance is cutback considerably. Also with a turnstile type entrance, the community will be able to access the track for workouts and exercise.

Turf improvements: Also the turf inside the track area will be enlarged for soccer. Sine the new track will be larger than the old track, the infield area will be larger. The field will be moved North and slightly West from is present location. The crown of the field will also be moved to the new center of the field. The larger infield will give a larger turf area for the soccer field, it is currently a smaller than suggested field.

So this will benefit the soccer program by providing a wider field for them to play on.

Sprinkler system: With all of the outdoor activities that take place at school, the field takes a beating. So it makes sense to install a sprinkler system to keep the field well watered over the summer so that it is ready for the fall sports and band activities. The less stress that the turf is subjected to over the summer, the better condition it will be in late fall. Again this is also a labor savings as this can be set to water automatically.

Scoreboard: The new scoreboard will handle football, soccer, and track scores. It will be a modern, quality scoreboard.