Major renovation planned at Poland football stadium

POLAND — A $1.9-million-dollar renovation to the football stadium is the largest piece of the school district’s plans to improve all buildings.

Superintendent Dr. Robert Zorn said the cost for all the improvements is about $3 million, most of which will be borrowed and paid back over an estimated 15 years.

Zorn, at the school board’s direction, gathered input from teachers, PTA members, principals and staff from all of schools buildings to determine priority projects in each building.

At the high school, priority one is the addition of two classrooms estimated at $300,000. The second priority was the stadium improvements expected to total about $1.9 million, though the cost could decrease if the board decides not to move forward with all of the stadium items. The estimate is based on information from Strollo Architects of Youngstown.

The total includes increasing the number of home side bleacher seats from 2,000 to 3,000. Twenty handicapped-accessible seats are among that number. The stadium doesn’t have any ADA-compliant seats, the superintendent said.

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