Trustees ask staff to study drainage, drainage fixes and turf options for softball and baseball fields

Trustees asked staff to scope improvements to the high school’s softball and baseball facilities, emphasizing drainage and irrigation fixes, seating and Title IX parity between boys' and girls' fields.

Staff described the varsity softball field as subject to extensive post‑rain flooding and outlined irrigation layout problems (sprinkler heads spaced too far apart, causing poor overlap). Speaker 9 said drainage and leveling would be required and that adding French drains or regrading could help, but that those fixes would increase cost and require more study.

Board members also raised the possibility of installing turf in fields’ infields or outfields to reduce annual maintenance and irrigation problems. Speaker 6 offered to return with approximate turf costs for varsity softball and baseball and suggested consulting coaches and student athletes before recommending turf.

Trustees referenced the district’s PGHM facility study as a prior source for cost estimates; Speaker 3 summarized that study’s line items (noting the transcript’s numerical phrasing is unclear) and recommended bringing architects and coaching staff into further scoping work. The board asked staff to engage the architect for scope development and to include stakeholders — coaches and students — in subsequent planning.

No formal vote was recorded. The board’s direction was to scope drainage and turf options, solicit coach and student input, and return with cost estimates and recommended next steps.