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School board presses $6.7M county funding request as turf-field debate intensifies
Summary
Board members urged county commissioners to provide a $6.7 million increase to honor negotiated contracts while discussing turf-field proposals, with staff estimating turnkey turf fields could cost about $8 million each and any project likely needing CIP inclusion for FY2028.
Board members spent a substantial portion of the meeting pressing the county commissioners for $6.7 million in additional operating funds the district requested and debating whether some of those funds or separate capital funds should be used to build turf fields at high schools.
President Post (presiding) said the $6.7 million request is the districts priority because it affects staff salaries and negotiated contracts. "We have already asked the county commissioners to fund our school system $6,700,000 over what they had asked us to fund last year," the president said, adding that staffing and pay are the district's top priorities.
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