Harrison Hills City School District students will be entering a new PK-12 building beginning in August of 2019. Construction is well underway for the over 200,000 square feet 50 classroom building. This 50 acre new facility will sit south of the Village of Cadiz off of Route 9. The building will house a 650 seat auditorium, 1400 seat gymnasium, 400 seat junior high gymnasium, two cafeterias, 10 extended learning classrooms, vo-ag classroom and green house, state of the art industrial arts room. and state of the art fitness center. The property will also be the new home for the 8 lane competition track facility. SHP is the architectural firm designing the PK-12 complex and Hammond construction is the firm managing all sub contractors. Community, students, parents, faculty, administrators, and board of education members have had input into the 21st. Century Design building. The new facility will be accomplished due to the generosity of the Harrison County voters approving a 4.98 bond issue in November of 2015.
Harrison Hills Approves New Football Turf
Harrison Hills Board of Education (HHBOE) unanimously approved, in a 5-0 vote new artificial turf for the high school’s football field. Superintendent Snider noted that this year they budgeted for the new turf. According to all who spoke, they emphasized that no money is coming from the school levy. “It’s all general funds and Permanent Improvement funds,” Snider said.
Turf work is planned for late March or early April and to be ready sometime in June, according to Kowalski. Snider stated that both men’s and women’s soccer and our junior high football teams will now be able to use the same field instead of bussing them to a Scio field. Kowalski also noted that this new turf can be used for all sports in all types of weather with the flexibility for baseball, softball or just plain running. “All sports will benefit from it,” he said. Kowalski also noted the choosing of the color gray wasn’t just one person but many were involved where they felt it would exemplify school pride. “It’s going to add to our school colors and school spirit.”
When it comes to the cost of the turf, expect to hear around $900,000 with the turf itself costing approximately $760,000, which includes a “safety pad” underneath the turf for extra cushion. Some extra work around the perimeter of the field like laying concrete on one end is to make up the difference. Students will be on the field for July conditioning.
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