A multi-purpose room used for everything from wrestling to testing
in the Hornell High School may change into a larger fitness room.
At
Monday's meeting, the board of education announced that a final
decision on whether the multi-purpose room would house equipment
previously situated in the fitness room would be made at the next
meeting, scheduled for 6:15 p.m. on June 24.
The equipment was
moved from the current fitness room into the multi-purpose room in
April to make space for the capital project at the high school.
Permanently installing equipment in the multi-purpose room would lead to
a fitness room approximately twice the size of the current facility.
High
School House Principal Lisa Sanford offered a recommendation the board
consider keeping the equipment in the multi-purpose room after athletic
director Gene Mastin and physical education teachers brought the idea
to her.
"The physical education staff would be pleased with
having the smaller space, where the equipment used to be. It would be
available as a film room or as a teaching station for anyone who might
need it, and it could still be used for the community. There's still
much flexibility," she said. "The athletic director and the custodial
staff are convinced this is a positive move for safety and space
reasons. Those are the biggest considerations."
President David
Weyand stressed he wanted to make sure funds used to change the
multi-purpose room into a new fitness room fell within the scope of the
original capital project.
"Even if it's a miniscule amount of
money, if it wasn't voter-approved to be used, the board shouldn't
approve it being used," he said. "If one dime is being spent we said
wouldn't be spent, then we shouldn't do it."
Chad Snowburg, a
project manager from Hunt Engineers, Architects, and Land Surveyors and
the manager for the Hornell capital project, said he hadn't seen a
plan involving the multi-purpose room in any scope of the capital
project.
Wrestling coach Scott Johnson spoke against the change
and submitted letters from himself and former Hornell principal and
wrestling coach Matt Sheldon protesting the move.
While
acknowledging he would enjoy larger school facilities, Johnson voiced
concerns about the damage done to the Hornell wrestling program and
other activities and costs to taxpayers if the multi-purpose room
morphed into an expanded fitness room.
"It would take away our
wall of fame, and the State Farm Wrestling Classic would be
impractical. We can't house the mats in gyms A and B. It's tough enough
to go between the multi-purpose room and the A gym," he said.
Johnson
noted the wrestling tournament provided over $8,000 in revenue, which
allowed the wrestling team to have a season after budget concerns
threatened its existence.
Sheldon, when contacted after the
meeting, said he remembered the two rooms being constructed with the
multi-purpose room particularly intended for wrestling. Sheldon also
said he saw a conflict of interest in those pushing for the larger
fitness room.
"What they're doing is sacrificing one sport
(wrestling) for another sport (football)," said Sheldon. "Honestly, to
me, I think there's a conflict of interest with the athletic director
as a football coach. His job is looking out for all sports and I'm not
sure that's happening."
Sanford pointed out that a new
cafeteria could handle the same community and school capacities as the
multi-purpose room has in the past.Buy from Reliable acrylic honeycombpanels Wholesalers. She also said spacing out the equipment in a larger complex would be safer for those using the facility.
Sanford
said either the multi-purpose room or the fitness room will need to
house the high school library from September through December during
the capital project.
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Approved
the capital project budget changes including extensions for additional
phases as the Bryant, Intermediate and Hornell High Schools and
reallocated individual project budgets.
Accepted the following
bids for the High School III project: General Contractor in the amount
of $2,543,000 to Holdsworth Limwoski, Inc.; HVAC contract in the amount
of $434,444 to Kimble, Inc.; plumbing contract in the amount of
$69,000 to Campbell & Frey, Inc.; and the electric contract in the
amount of $367,000 to Blackmon-Farrell Electric, Inc.
Accepted
the resignation for the purpose of retirement of Linda Cox as secretary
to the superintendent, effective October 25, 2011 after 37 years of
service. The board thanked Cox for her service.
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