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Parents ask for indoor batting facility while residents raise merger concerns at Clarion-Limestone meeting
Summary
At the Clarion-Limestone Area SD meeting, a volunteer coach urged the board to consider building an indoor batting/practice facility (estimated under $100,000) to support expanding baseball programs; a resident urged the board to examine district consolidation as enrollment declines.
A parent and volunteer coach urged the Clarion-Limestone Area School District board to consider building an indoor batting and practice facility to address cramped indoor practice conditions and the potential expansion of baseball programs, while a second resident raised concerns about declining enrollment and pushed trustees to consider consolidation options.
"What the programs really need is a facility to be able to practice indoors," parent and volunteer coach Luke Huar told the board during public comment, outlining a rough plan for an 80-by-40 steel building with turf and pitching machines he estimated could be completed for under $100,000. Huar suggested a possible funding mix that would include…
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