Installing and maintaining the turf at the four high schools could cost as much as $4 million, and would need to be replaced in 10 years.
The Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 board decided Tuesday night it would not install artificial turf at its four high schools, but it may be a wish list item for the future. District administrators, at the direction of the school board, have been researching whether it would be more cost effective to install artificial turf fields than to maintain the current natural grass at each of the high school's stadiums. The district found that while artificial turf would increase the usability of the stadiums for school-sponsored teams as well as community-based organizations, the turf would not be more cost-effective than natural grass. Installing and maintaining turf would cost between $2.3 million to $4 million for four …
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Proponents say the fields can't be used when the sod is wet and groups such as school bands can't practice on them.
The Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 board is debating whether or not to install artificial turf at each of the district's four high schools. Board members said Monday they need more information on whether turf would be preferable to the current natural grass, including how much it would cost to install turf and if that would be cheaper than the continual maintenance of sod. Some games and events have had to be relocated or rescheduled because the schools' sod was in poor playing condition, board President Stuart Bledsoe said. Money is being spent to maintain and repair the fields, and when the fields are deemed unusable, athletes are either sent to other fields or schools or the games are canceled, Bledsoe said. …
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