The Quakertown Community School District board approved a revised scope and contract with Skeptan Miller Sports Construction to install track throwing‑event improvements inside the high‑school track, a measure administrators said improves safety and resolves long‑standing drainage problems in the prior configuration.

What passed: The motion (agenda item 9.a) authorizes Skeptan Miller for track throwing‑event construction. The manager explained the revised layout places discus, javelin and related runways inside the track bowl after consulting with coaches and PIAA for sight‑line and safety concerns. The motion included an allowance of $15,000 for horizontal drilling (to bring power under the inside field for timing/electrical circuits) and an overall revision that increased the previously reported construction package (from roughly $174,247 to $247,025.70), an increase of about $72,778.67 cited by staff.

Debate: Board members asked for detail on what changed from earlier drawings and whether the revisions required resurfacing or added field work. Facilities staff and the district’s athletic director said the proposal did not include resurfacing the full track; it focuses on runways, pits and site work to bring throwing events into the inside-of‑track footprint and to eliminate the longtime wet conditions where some events were previously staged. Administration said the new layout reduced safety risks and addressed recurring flooding that had made retrieval of implements hazardous.

Vote: The motion to approve Skeptan Miller’s contract for the throwing‑events scope passed by roll call, seven in favor and two opposed. Two board members cited concerns about cost increases and asked that future materials show clearer cost comparisons between options that keep the existing building and those that require demolition.

Separate contract: The board later approved a separate Lifeline (monitoring/security) services contract (agenda item 9.b) by a separate vote; that item was discussed and approved on its own.

Ending: Facilities staff said they will coordinate the electrical horizontal drilling allowance and provide follow‑up information to the facilities committee; board members requested more granular cost information in subsequent committee materials.