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Consultants flag aging tracks, tennis courts and limited indoor activity space in athletics facilities study
Summary
A consultant's athletics facilities study presented to the board identified tracks and tennis courts reaching end of life, disparities between high schools, a shortage of practice fields and on‑campus wrestling space for girls, and early cost estimates for potential projects; trustees asked for a comprehensive master planning approach.
Consultant Doug Loveland and a specialty sports landscape firm presented an athletics facilities study to the Lawrence Board of Education on Dec. 9 that inventories conditions and outlines priorities for further study. The study found aging outdoor surfaces (tracks and tennis courts) approaching end‑of‑life, a shortage of practice fields at the high school level, differences in equipment and donations between Free State and Lawrence High, and limited on‑campus wrestling facilities for girls, which currently require off‑campus rentals.
Loveland described a mixed method assessment including site…
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