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Parents urge board to keep City High multipurpose field on campus and resurface with turf
Summary
Multiple City High parents told the board the school needs a durable turf multipurpose field on campus rather than grass or moving soccer off campus. Speakers cited heavy use by the marching band (about 200 students), limited campus space, maintenance constraints and safety/competitive concerns for soccer players.
Several City High parents used the community comment period to urge the Iowa City Community School District board to retain and resurface the school's multipurpose field with artificial turf rather than converting it to grass or moving soccer off campus.
Emily Campbell said roughly 200 marching band students use the field daily for months as part of curriculum and extracurricular activity; she said the grounds crew cannot…
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