The fields in the stadium will receive new turf following the county’s offering of an opportunity for maintenance on the fields at the expense of the county, not the school.
“FCPS offered maintenance for the school’s fields [at the] county’s expense, [so] we decided to take the opportunity and use this offer wisely,” director of student activities Joseph Swarm said.
Athletes said they support the maitenence and believe it will benefit the players.
“I feel that a new, returfed field will be much better, because in the current field, both main and back, there are certain patches that your cleats get stuck in and you slip and fall,” sophomore and junior varsity lacrosse player Omar Abdelaziz said.
The maintence on the fields will not disrupt any physical education classes, spring sports practices or games
“Our teams will [feel] no athletic impact at all, and health and PE classes will have one field they will have to divide up,” Swarm said.
He also highlighted that Health and PE classes still have three grass fields for their classes, so it will not affect their educational process.
“We [coaching staff and teams] feel pretty comfortable about [the fields],” Swarm said.