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Marion Board OKs $345,400 for Marion Football Project
In a special session of the Marion Independent Board of Education, board members passed a plan for renovations to the home side football field bleachers.
The Marion Independent School District approved a proposed construction estimate for a new set of home-side bleachers for the football field.
The School Board met in a special 10-minute session in the district office at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Marion School Board Member Dennis Trout said the plan will cost an estimated $345,400. He said the changes were needed as the current home side bleachers are old and increasingly structurally unsound.
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He added that the seating capacity of the bleachers will not increase.
In addition, the plan comes with improvements to the electrical system in the football field. Trout said it isn't uncommon for the stadium lights to go off in the middle of a football game.
He said the next step in the process is for the district to look at and chose construction bids for the project. He said he expects the new bleachers to be completed by the beginning of the next school year.
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