There are many projects being completed this summer around the Croswell-Lexington School District. Our old stadium wooden bleachers were condemned in May due to rotting support boards. It was determined that we needed to replace or repair them. We decided that it was time to upgrade to aluminum bleachers. In conjunction with our coaches and administration, we decided that it was time to move the home side to the WEST side of the stadium. Two main reasons for this: first, on the East side, our coaches, players, and fans look into the evening sun; second, once our new high school gym and locker rooms are complete, all athletes, including those using the stadium, will be able to leave the new "home" side and go right into the new locker rooms.
Once we began the work preparing for new bleachers, we realized that the old light towers were impeding our progress on both sides of the stadium. Again we realized that it was time to replace the decades-old lighting with new. The entire project will be complete by mid October. For the first home game on August 28, we'll have new lights and new visitor bleachers on the East side, which will serve as the home side until late fall when the new home bleachers are installed.
We are nearly finished with our new Meyer playground. The main play structure was moved from across Lake Street. We will also be adding new swingsets. As you may know, the Lexington DDA provided funds to defray the cost of the new parking lot. The new playground will be open on the first day of school.
Finally, we are re-finishing all of our buildings' floors using a very modern method. Using this method, we will no longer put wax on the floors, but will elicit a nice "shine" using a new grinding method on all of our terrazzo floors. This will also save the district thousands of dollars per year in wax and labor costs.
You are always welcome to contact me via email at kmiller@croslex.org
I look forward to hearing from you.
Until my next blog,
Kevin D. Miller, Ph.D.
Superintendent
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