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Baseball, softball boosters seek board backing for district-owned indoor training facility
Summary
Coatesville baseball and softball booster leaders asked the school board’s operations committee for conceptual support to pursue a district-owned indoor training facility behind the high school; boosters plan to fund construction, estimate costs of $100,000–$200,000, and said they will return with formal plans and permits.
Coatesville baseball and softball booster leaders presented a proposal to the district’s operations committee on Aug. 12 asking for the board’s conceptual support to pursue a district-owned indoor training facility where existing batting cages sit behind the high school.
The boosters’ presentation, given by John Monahan of the baseball booster club and Megan Wimmer, president of the softball booster club, described a roughly 50-by-125-foot building with retractable nets and space for hitting, fielding and strength training. They said the booster clubs will seek private donations and in-kind contributions to cover construction and furnishings and estimated a total cost in the range of $100,000 to $200,000.
If the project proceeds, the boosters said, the district would retain ownership of the facility. The presenters…
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