The school board just voted to approve the turf field project. I am honestly in shock that this happened because it is truly the result of your persistence and nothing else. Thank you for showing up for our student athletes when they needed it most.
December 28, 2019
Final supporters
The Guilderland Central School District is in need of multipurpose turf field to support athletic programs so that they can compete competitively with other districts in Section 2 and beyond. Sports programs such as football, soccer, field hockey and lacrosse would benefit from accessing the fields earlier in the Spring and would be allowed to extend their seasons longer in the Fall.
Practices would not have to be as weather dependent. Many years the fields aren’t ready for play until well into the season, putting our teams at a disadvantage to other schools in the area with these updated facilities. Currently, spring sports such as Boy’s Lacrosse, begin their season on the blacktop in the main school parking lot. This past season the team was unable to have a single practice on an actual field before their first scrimmage.
Also, booster clubs for these organizations are using large amounts of their budgets to rent field times at SUNY Albany, Union College and Mohanasen High School. The boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams commonly budget $8,000 - $ 10,000 to rent fields and arrange for transportation to prepare for competition. This is a financial strain on these programs not to mention an unnecessary risk transporting players to and from these off-site fields.
Please help our student athletes and sign this petition today! Thank you!
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Reached 250 supporters
October 29, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
October 25, 2019
83 Comments
As a lifelong Guilderland resident whose children went thru the Guilderland school district, I feel this is LONG overdue. Not only does it benefit athletes, but would be huge for the environment. The savings on water, gas, chemicals alone should be enough to make this a no brainer. Let's make this happen!
Not only will this be great for our Athletic teams it will also be great for our Phys. Ed program.
Rescheduling games and practices for faculties is also an administration expense. Why has Guilderland lagged in providing a better experience for these programs? It is difficult for parents for he extra travel also required using other facilities. You have to ask how GHS has not been able to bring this to completion and all others section 2 schools have figured out how to accomplish ?
I am a recent Guilderland graduate and was a two sport athlete (Lacrosse and field hockey) both of these sports really require turf. For lacrosse we have to rent the football field at SUNY Albany for the first month and a half of our season AT LEAST which is a huge financial strain on our booster club. Field hockey requires a turf too because grass field hockey and turf field hockey are completely different games, and since almost everyone in the section has a turf field or plays at an alternate location with a turf field, our entire season was played at UAlbany last year just so we could compete adequately with the other teams. We had to have three different fundraisers just to afford our turf times. A turf field at Guilderland is long over due and is putting our teams at a disadvantage.
Long overdue. Spring athletes risk injury every year having to practice in cramped gyms or on icy pavement well into the season before the grass fields are ready
Field hockey over Shen in sectionals, level the playing field.
it's time to put our "school" tax dollars into the schools...inside or out !!
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The school board just voted to approve the turf field project. I am honestly in shock that this happened because it is truly the result of your persistence and nothing else. Thank you for showing up for our student athletes when they needed it most.
December 28, 2019
Final supporters
The Guilderland Central School District is in need of multipurpose turf field to support athletic programs so that they can compete competitively with other districts in Section 2 and beyond. Sports programs such as football, soccer, field hockey and lacrosse would benefit from accessing the fields earlier in the Spring and would be allowed to extend their seasons longer in the Fall.
Practices would not have to be as weather dependent. Many years the fields aren’t ready for play until well into the season, putting our teams at a disadvantage to other schools in the area with these updated facilities. Currently, spring sports such as Boy’s Lacrosse, begin their season on the blacktop in the main school parking lot. This past season the team was unable to have a single practice on an actual field before their first scrimmage.
Also, booster clubs for these organizations are using large amounts of their budgets to rent field times at SUNY Albany, Union College and Mohanasen High School. The boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams commonly budget $8,000 - $ 10,000 to rent fields and arrange for transportation to prepare for competition. This is a financial strain on these programs not to mention an unnecessary risk transporting players to and from these off-site fields.
Please help our student athletes and sign this petition today! Thank you!
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 29, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
October 25, 2019
83 Comments
I can not tell you the number of times the town closed DiCaprio last season due to rain. You can play soccer, lacrosse and football in the rain! We need better fields.
As a lifelong Guilderland resident whose children went thru the Guilderland school district, I feel this is LONG overdue. Not only does it benefit athletes, but would be huge for the environment. The savings on water, gas, chemicals alone should be enough to make this a no brainer. Let's make this happen!
Not only will this be great for our Athletic teams it will also be great for our Phys. Ed program.
Rescheduling games and practices for faculties is also an administration expense. Why has Guilderland lagged in providing a better experience for these programs? It is difficult for parents for he extra travel also required using other facilities. You have to ask how GHS has not been able to bring this to completion and all others section 2 schools have figured out how to accomplish ?
I am a recent Guilderland graduate and was a two sport athlete (Lacrosse and field hockey) both of these sports really require turf. For lacrosse we have to rent the football field at SUNY Albany for the first month and a half of our season AT LEAST which is a huge financial strain on our booster club. Field hockey requires a turf too because grass field hockey and turf field hockey are completely different games, and since almost everyone in the section has a turf field or plays at an alternate location with a turf field, our entire season was played at UAlbany last year just so we could compete adequately with the other teams. We had to have three different fundraisers just to afford our turf times. A turf field at Guilderland is long over due and is putting our teams at a disadvantage.
Long overdue. Spring athletes risk injury every year having to practice in cramped gyms or on icy pavement well into the season before the grass fields are ready
Field hockey over Shen in sectionals, level the playing field.
it's time to put our "school" tax dollars into the schools...inside or out !!
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I can not tell you the number of times the town closed DiCaprio last season due to rain. You can play soccer, lacrosse and football in the rain! We need better fields.