New Mecklenburg high school has $500,000 football field
Archive - 2/17/2005 10:54 AM
By: Associated Press
(CHARLOTTE) - Mecklenburg County’s newest high school includes a half million dollar artificial turf football field that school board members apparently didn’t know was being installed.
WCNC in Charlotte reports that the school board voted for a natural grass field when they approved bids for the football stadium in December 2003. Six months later, a second vote on the new high school’s academic buildings also included a half million dollar upgrade to the field.
The company that installed the field says the artificial surface will actually save taxpayers money because the upkeep for grass football fields is a lot more expensive.
Mecklenburg school board member Vilma Leake calls the field a luxury at a time when the system is trying to build schools and repair ones already in existence.
Assistant School Superintendent Guy Chamberlain approved the project, but says in hindsight that maybe he should have brought the project to the school board’s attention.
October 8th, 2005 at 10:21 am
Asst Superintendent Chamberlain certainly has a firm grasp on hindsight but the need of leadership is foresight.