Washington School District Nixes Colt Field Plans

A deal between the city of Washington and the Washington School District – to renovate the Colt Baseball Field at Washington Park is dead. The school board, Monday night, voted to rescind an agreement with the city, on what would have been a two-million-dollar project. The work would have included a turf field for the school’s baseball and softball teams and other youth programs to play on. District Superintendent George Lammay tells WJPA that the district is now looking at other options, options that will not include engaging with the city. Last August, the two sides had informally agreed to the project, a project that Lammay says he saw as a win-win for the city and the school district..  Washington Mayor JoJo Burgess says city officials have been in constant contact and had meetings with the district’s solicitor and the school board president regarding some land issues that needed to be dealt with before any official agreement could be signed.  He tells WJPA that the city plans to do everything by the book and legally, so if the district doesn’t want to wait, perhaps it is a good idea that they seek other options.