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Cannon County school leaders, Touchdown Club push for full football-field rebuild and irrigation repairs
Summary
Community representatives and Touchdown Club members urged the Cannon County Board of Education to authorize sealed bids for a full football-field rebuild, citing long-term wear, suspected irrigation leaks, and student safety; staff said a project over $25,000 would require competitive sealed bids and likely be scheduled after spring activities.
Community volunteers and the Touchdown Club asked the Cannon County Board of Education on Feb. 10 to authorize a sealed-bid procurement for a full rebuild of the district football field, saying repeated spot repairs have failed and that irrigation defects are creating safety hazards.
"We've been patching and trying to fix and upkeep it for the last several years, but you're putting a Band-Aid on it," a community representative told the board, asking the district to move from temporary fixes to a major redo. He introduced Jason Barrett of the Touchdown Club to review contractor estimates and technical details.
Barrett said the field has not been resodded in about 15 years and…
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