Winton Woods updates: stadium fence, windscreen, baseball field work and building security projects

Winton Woods facilities leaders on July 28 reviewed capital improvements completed in fiscal 2025 and outlined planned work for the coming year, including athletic upgrades, safety projects and maintenance purchases.

Executive director of business affairs Jeremy Day said the district spent approximately $771,000 on capital improvements in the last fiscal year. Major items included stadium fencing, two buses ($257,000), floor refinishing at North Campus and installation of security film and a SafeDefend system at South Campus. Other purchases included an asphalt crack filler, parking‑lot painting machine, garden shed for South Campus raised beds and replacement athletic furniture and pads.

Day and facilities staff described upcoming projects: a 9.5‑foot windscreen at the stadium (building permit required because of wind load calculations), engineering and demolition work for the baseball‑field renovation with a planned 35‑foot backstop, scoreboard permitting and a full camera system for the Community Building. They also said a relay switch was installed at Early Childhood Central Campus to protect equipment and prevent repeated costly repairs when power is unstable.

Board members asked about parking‑lot traffic and potential speed calming at North Campus; Day said some adjacent stretches of drive share a property line with Forest Park and the district will coordinate with the city. The Lakeridge sanitary‑sewer easement required by the Metropolitan Sewer District was approved by the board as presented; the plat was shifted to improve future marketability and move a manhole out of the field of play.

Several facility purchases were already completed; some forthcoming projects (windscreen, scoreboard, baseball field) require permits and engineering before installation. The board voted later in the meeting to approve the Lakeridge sanitary‑sewer easement agreement.