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Williamstown â Mount Greylock will not seek bids on a synthetic turf field, at least not for the next two or three years.
But, the School Committee will seek proposals on a refurbished softball field and hard-surface walking paths to the athletic fields, both required by the federal government under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title IX, with work to be completed by 2022.
The 6-1 vote came last week, after the committee was informed by consultant Dan Colli, from the architectural firm Perkins Eastman, that a full turf field with lighting would cost about $2.8 million.
The proposed project would be funded through a gift of $5 million from Williams College for capital projects. About $3.6 million remains in the account. The committee wants to keep at least $1 million in that account for unexpected needs.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday decided to move forward with needed improvements to the middle-high school s athletic fields, but it removed both a track and a synthetic turf field from the project that will go out to bid this winter. After hearing that the estimated cost of the project with the inclusion of an artificial turf field would be more than the committee is willing to spend, it voted 6-1 to order bid documents that just address Title IX and Americans with Disabilities Act deficiencies on the campus. Primarily, that means bringing the softball fields up to the same level as the school s baseball fields (Title IX) and creating hard-surface paths to the existing fields (to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act).