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  • Jennifer Phinney, principal of Morris Innovative High School, shows the school’s cafeteria to officials with Dalton Public Schools during a tour Monday. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)

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  • Jennifer Phinney, principal of Morris Innovative High School, talks to Dalton Board of Education member Mark Orr while showing a classroom at the school during a tour Monday. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)

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  • Rob Rojas, left, assistant principal of Morris Innovative High School, Tulley Johnson, Dalton Board of Education member, and Jennifer Phinney, principal of the school, talk in the gym at the school Monday during a tour. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)

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August 14, 2012

Overhaul for Dalton High track, field

Rachel Brown rachelbrown@daltoncitizen.com

Dalton High School’s practice field and track are scheduled to get makeovers over the winter to be ready in time for track season next spring.

Board of Education members on Monday approved a plan to hire a construction manager in September to oversee the project. Superintendent Jim Hawkins said the practice field gets heavy use from several sports, so there are plans to change it from grass to artificial turf designed to withstand more wear and tear. The track also needs to be resurfaced, he said.

A cost for both projects wasn’t immediately available, but Hawkins said officials should have a better idea of the price by September.

Greg Smith of James A. Buckley and Associates, Inc. presented a master site plan for the high school to board members at Monday’s work session. The school system paid the firm $35,850 to develop the plan, which includes long-range plans for the best places to build future athletic fields and facilities and expanding the school itself.

Hawkins said the plan was needed because when officials began discussion about revamping the track and field, they wanted to make sure they weren’t pouring money into an area that might need to be used for something else in a few years.

Smith presented a plan, which officials said could be used for projects 20 years in the future, or as money becomes available sooner, for extra fields, some of which are built on top of parking decks so everything can stay on the same campus. The board didn’t vote on the plan because Hawkins said it’s only for planning purposes for now.

In other business at the meeting, board members approved a $551,282 contract with Felker Construction to build an access road at least partly for emergency use from Dalton Middle School to the bypass near Beaulieu. Felker was the low bidder. Officials said they plan to ask for a study to determine if a traffic light can be put there, but the state Department of Transportation won’t consider it until the road is built.

Board member Mark Orr said he was pleased voters in the July 31 primary approved an Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) to help fund several construction projects, but he wants people to understand that the 1 percent sales tax cannot be used to pay salaries.

Board members Danny Crutchfield and Steve Williams were absent.

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