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Board weighs athletic upgrades, tennis-court repair and field-house planning
Summary
Superintendent Klein presented vendor options and cost ranges for tennis-court repair, discussed relocating softball/baseball fields and estimated major field work costs; members urged coring/investigation before committing to overlay versus full base replacement.
Superintendent Klein and board members spent substantial time discussing athletic facilities, where cost and scope varied widely and further investigation was recommended before committing bond funds.
Klein told the board he had consulted three tennis‑court specialists and presented two repair approaches: an inexpensive overlay/reseal (low tens of thousands) or a full base replacement that could reach into the mid‑hundreds of thousands. "The low end would be taking the existing court and going over it with a new layer of blacktop and then resealing everything...the opposite end...would be taking out the two layers of blacktop and redoing the subgrade base," he said.
Board members urged coring and further inspection to determine whether the courts are structurally compromised or the problem is primarily surface degradation. Klein agreed to request investigative coring and produce cost estimates before the board commits bond funds.
Klein also discussed a broader athletics vision — relocating softball and upgrading baseball near the high school and the possibility of a field house. He gave high-level past estimates (about $1,000,000 for a relocated softball field and about $1.5 million for a baseball field, with scope driving cost) and recommended site visits to nearby recently completed field houses so the board could set realistic expectations.
No action was taken; Klein said he will pursue coring and vendor bids and bring recommendations to the board for formal approval.
