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Officials defend turf at baseball field, say it enables multi-sport use and avoids lengthy redesign
Summary
Committee members heard that the baseball-field project has a completed design and that switching back to grass would require redesign, likely delay a year and increase maintenance; district staff argued turf enables multi-sport use and may be more practical long-term.
The Madison Public Schools Finance Committee revisited a planned baseball-field project and heard staff defend installing artificial turf as a pragmatic choice to enable multiple sports and avoid a year-long delay if the district returned to a grass design.
Dr. said the design work for the turf installation is complete and that converting the field back to natural grass would require returning to design and would likely forfeit a…
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