Marion School Board backs interlocal approach for Reddick Collier basketball court

The Marion County School Board on Nov. 6 directed staff to pursue an interlocal agreement with the Town of Reddick to give the town formal use and operational responsibility for a front‑of‑campus basketball court at Reddick Collier Elementary School.

Superintendent Dr. Brewer said the school has two courts: one in daily student use behind the security fencing and an older court at the front of the campus that students cannot readily use because it sits outside the school's black security fencing. Town leaders and campus staff proposed shifting the perimeter fencing or transferring the parcel so the town could renovate and open the court to the community. "We could just…