District Scrambles to Cover Stadium Renovation Debt

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Durango (Colo.) School District 9-R failed to raise enough money to cover an annual loan payment for a stadium renovation completed in 2016 at Durango High School, which has left the district scrambling to pay a budget shortfall ahead of planned budget cuts for the 2019-20 school year, according to The Journal of Cortez, Colo.

The district spent $2.55 million to renovate the stadium because the field was compacted and uneven. The field was so unsafe that a middle school student suffered a broken spine on the turf, superintendent Dan Snowberger said. The track was in such poor shape, the school couldn’t host meets.

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