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Board approves amendments to track resurfacing contracts; work funded by SCIF grant
Summary
The board approved contract amendments to add asphalt runways and field‑event pads at Rosewood and Southern Wayne high schools, enabling full urethane (rubberized) tracks under a state grant; projects still require legal review and will proceed on a defined schedule.
Wayne County Board of Education approved amendments May 5 to contracts for track work at Rosewood High School and Southern Wayne High School, expanding the scope to include asphalt runways and field‑event pads so both sites can receive urethane (rubberized) surfacing.
Facilities staff told the board the work is funded through a SCIF grant allocated specifically for those schools; the board was presented with amended not‑to‑exceed amounts and told bids for the rubberization phase remain favorable. Administrators said contractors will place asphalt first and allow a 30‑day cure period before applying urethane surfacing; the rubberization phase was expected to be presented for board approval in June after legal review.
Why it matters: The amendments alter earlier approvals that covered only resurfacing the running eld; the added asphalt runways and pads allow the fields of event areas (long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault) to receive the same urethane surfacing, enabling competitive use rather than practice‑only use. Facilities staff said project mobilization is imminent and that the grant restricts funds to the specified projects and schools.
Board action and amounts: The Rosewood amendment increases the contractor not‑to‑exceed amount to about $192,798 (pending legal review); Southern Wayne’s amendment raises that contract to about $189,800 (pending legal review) and, for Southern Wayne, includes a new 50‑by‑100 pad to create a high‑jump area. The items were presented outside committee and approved by the board after motion and second; board members voted in favor of each amendment.
Next steps: After the asphalt is installed and cures for 30 days, staff will present the rubberization contracts for board approval, with legal review completed beforehand. Facilities staff said the district will retain unused SCIF funds to complete rubberization at both schools and reported more than $800,000 remaining in the allocation after the amendments.
Speakers at the meeting described the technical sequence (asphalt then urethane) and stressed that the grant funds are restricted to the named projects.
