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Board approves $2 million Ardmore High gym renovation after debate over repair vs. new construction
Summary
Board members debated whether to spend $2 million renovating the 71-year-old Ardmore High gym or to build new; after discussion the board voted to approve the renovation (6C2). The meeting also recorded routine personnel approvals, a settlement agreement (two opposed), and creation of a Seal of Biliteracy planning committee.
A Limestone County Board of Education vote on a maintenance-department renovation to the Ardmore High School gym prompted a substantive debate over whether to renovate a 71-year-old structure or build a new facility.
During the consent agenda, a board member moved to pull item 6C2 — described as "maintenance department renovations to the oldest Ardmore High School Gym" — for separate consideration. After a motion and second to take up the item, one member asked: "Do we wanna spend $2,000,000 on a 71 year old building?" (Board Member (Speaker 2)). That question…
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