Knoch turf project will prevent home games this fall
A plan to install synthetic turf at Knoch Athletic Stadium could force all home varsity football games to be played elsewhere this fall.
The school board on Wednesday heard Cassandra Renninger, a principal architect at DRAW Collective, discuss the timeline and processes involved in moving forward with the large renovation project, which will mostly take place at the aging high school building.
She said replacing the grass field at the stadium with synthetic turf and repairing and coating the track around the field would be part of the project unless she was given a different directive from the school board.
Renninger said the South Butler board had two options for installing synthetic turf.
One was to move forward with the turf and track project before the renovations begin at the high school, which would mean work at the stadium would begin in the fall.
“Home games would need to be played away,” Renninger said.
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