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Parents and athletic director spar over access to Piper varsity stadium; board to compile options for future discussion
Summary
Community members urged the board not to charge residents to use district athletic facilities while the district’s athletic director defended locking the stadium to protect varsity competition; trustees asked staff to compile availability, reservation and policy options for a future board discussion.
Two public speakers at the April 13 Piper Board of Education meeting presented opposing views on community access to varsity athletic facilities and prompted the board to schedule a focused discussion at a future meeting.
Destiny Flournoy, a community member who addressed the board during public comment, said community members have paid via taxes and bonds to build the facilities and should not be charged to use them. "We don't wanna make community members pay to use things they already paid for," she said, and described a petition she said collected 665 signatures…
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