Pittsville board green-lights clinic lease plan, shifts schedule for regional track meet

The Pittsville School District board on Monday discussed and approved moving forward with a proposed lease to host a rural healthcare clinic run by the Marshall Clinic/Sanford Health in a maintenance building on the high-school campus, and agreed to a temporary schedule change to accommodate a regional track meet.

Administrator (Speaker 1) told the board the proposal would place two exam rooms and an on-site pharmacy in roughly 20% of the building, and said the clinic would pay about $14,500 a year in lease revenue to the district. He said clinic designers expect to complete state approvals in June, start renovations in July and aim for an October–December opening if inspections and approvals proceed on schedule.

The board also agreed to swap the district’s Wednesday early release to Tuesday for the week of the regional meet so visiting teams can arrive after the campus clears; the change will be communicated to families with about a month’s notice, the administrator said.

Board members said the clinic and the meet would bring people and visibility to the community. “It brings a lot of people into the community,” the administrator said during the meeting. He added that clinic partners will take the lead on media communications but board members will be available to answer public questions.

The motion to proceed with the lease process was discussed in open meeting and will be finalized once the clinic submits its design for state review and the board confirms final lease terms.

Next steps include sharing formal communications from the clinic with the community and confirming renovation timelines once state approval is received.