Montville company to donate artificial turf field to high school in exchange for naming rights.
A year-and-a-half after voters rejected a referendum for the school district to fund the project, Montville Township High School will soon have an artificial turf field thanks to a donation from a local company. Montville Township Public Schools Business Administrator Jim Tevis said contractors will be meeting within a few weeks to officially kick off construction on the project. While Tevis did not have an exact timeline for when the turf field would be complete, as much of the work depends on the weather, he said the project is moving ahead. "We'd love to see it done by the end of the school year," he said. The turf field is being made possible through a donation from Applied Landscape Technologies, a Montville-based landscaping company…
Montville school district business administrator said changes could be coming soon.
The Montville Township Board of Education is still considering charging for rental use of its athletic facilities, which would include athletic fields and the track at Montville Township High School. According to district Business Administrator James Tevis, the discussion on whether or not to charge outside parties to rent district facilities has to go to the district’s policy committee first. After that, he said, the subject will be up for discussion within the context of a board of education meeting. Tevis estimated that this would occur “probably within the next month.” “It will be coming to a board meeting for approval once the policy committee meets first and discusses it,” Tevis said. Tevis also told Patch on Tuesday night that the …
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David
2:09 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
There are a lot of happy parents, educators, and kids in Montville who can take pride in their beautiful new turf field, ourdeep gratitude to those who cared enough to make this happen. To all our well wishers, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Dr. David Tutone and Grace Alcoreza-Tutone more ›