Question for the JIB fans

April 22nd, 2007, 12:04 PM

I thought the stadium improvements were a done deal. Thur's Cornfield says they are off for this year. You think the city schools are gonna get in with the rest in the consolidation issue? The story mentions a "not to exceed" figure and the estimates being a year and half old now. Just curious how you folks see things.

**starbuck** · April 22nd, 2007, 12:19 PM

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**imported_sherk** · April 22nd, 2007, 01:21 PM

I thought that Norton became a City to keep the schools in Norton in place. I do not think they would ever give up their City status to become part of a consolidated school. That is just a rumor and not a very good one.

**imported_mega** · April 22nd, 2007, 01:48 PM

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could very well be as clear as was stated and the estimants were 1 1/2 years old and the cost have inflated since then and exceded what was approved for the stadium renovations.

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Yep, ask any surveyer, the price of building material has went up substantially.

**UTVols2** · April 22nd, 2007, 02:48 PM

There has been a lot of unforseen things too when they did the core and soil samples as well. There is a lot of rock underneath the existing bleachers and a natural spring on one side of the stadium, plus the outdated estimates didn't help. They will get it done just not in the time frame that everyone would like. I would like to see them just move the baseball field somewhere else and make the football field permanent and do something really nice with it.

April 22nd, 2007, 06:03 PM

Pay attention- it is not a rumor. I asked a question. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] They would not have to give up their city status to join the county school system.

**dogfacegremlin** · April 22nd, 2007, 06:06 PM

its weird how they said it was condemned and now they are able to use it?

April 22nd, 2007, 06:38 PM

Good point, be careful or they will think you are as crazy as I am. Weellll, maybe not that bad.

**LPD_spectator** · April 22nd, 2007, 09:27 PM

I had heard that, as it was said before, the engineering firm that was chosen was not prepared for the sub soil conditions and the core samples and it has been put off until next year.