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Central parents say new athletic facility sits unused, urge district to provide weight equipment and transportation
Summary
Parents of Central High athletes told the Little Rock School District board that the school’s new multimillion-dollar athletic facility lacks weight equipment and that students still use an unconditioned basement “staff dungeon.” They asked the district to move equipment, provide athletic transportation and keep utilities on through the summer.
Parents of Central High School athletes told the Little Rock School District Board of Education on May 15 that the school’s new multimillion-dollar athletic facility is not yet usable for students because necessary weight equipment has not been installed and athletic transportation is lacking.
The issue surfaced during public comment when Misty Outlaw, a Central alumna and parent, said the school’s athletes — “close to 500,” or about 20% of the student body — still train in what she called the “Staff Dungeon” at Quigley Stadium and that the makeshift space lacks air conditioning, has experienced plumbing and sewage problems and caused at least one student to contract a staph infection. “We have a multimillion dollar facility that was recently built … but it is not able to be used to its full potential at this point because we do…
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