NU school board looks at grounds maintenance plans

North Union’s school board is working on a roadmap for future maintenance of its sports fields and campus property.

At the board of education meeting on Monday, Field Source Consulting gave a presentation to the board with short and long-term plans for maintaining the school’s sports fields and common areas.

“We wanted these fields to have a lifespan of easily 25 years before we’d have to do anything major to them again,” said Ryan DeMay, Principal of Field Source Ohio. “The way we do that is supporting them through maintenance.”

DeMay said that Field Source likes to assign levels to each area of school grounds based on priority of maintenance.

“Our level one is our h…

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