WOODVILLE – During her regular report to the Woodville ISD Board of Trustees, district superintendent Lisa Meysembourg gave updates on some of the district-wide capital improvement projects greenlit by the board in April.
The board voted to engage the services of Field Turf to replace the turf on the playing field of Eagle Stadium, and to completely redo the track. Other projects that were approved were to replace the chillers at the Woodville Middle School gym and the WMS roofs, and to remodel the Ag Barn.
Meysembourg said the turf project was scheduled to begin Saturday, after commencement exercises. On the subject of graduation, Meysembourg said that on Thursday morning, administration will make a determination whether or not to move the event to Eagle Summit. It is currently scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday May 22 at Eagle Stadium. With forecasted rain throughout the week, Meysembourg said it might be moved to the Summit, and should that happen, each graduate will receive nine tickets for family members.
For the track project, which will allow Woodville to host track meets, once completed, the project will be undertaken after the next fall football season is done.
WISD athletic director Heath Clawson spoke about this, and said it was recommended to wait and tackle the track after football season, due to low traffic on the track and field.
Clawson gave another separate update later during Meysembourg’s report about the coming numbers for WISD Eagle football. He is anticipating about 90 athletes in the program, and looking at having freshman, junior varsity and varsity squads.
The funding for the projects comes out of money that the board, with approval, put back for several years to replace the field turf. For the other projects, that money comes from the surplus bond funds, which the board approved a resolution to use for board-approved capital improvement projects. Those funds must, under the stipulation of the 2023 bond, be used toward education-related expenses and not athletics.
The track and field will be closed to the public while they are under construction. Meysembourg also said that in the future she is considering asking the board to consider closing the track to public use. She said that on weekends there has been a number of people using district facilities, including the track, after hours and it is “becoming an issue.”
Retirees, honor grads celebrated
Before the regular agenda items were seen to, the board members took time to honor retiring WISD employees and the honor graduates for the class of 2026.
The three retirees have a combined 83 years of service to WISD. Each retiree’s service to the district was noted by WISD Board President Jimmy Tucker, and those retirees are: Karen Hughes (34 years); Elizabeth Kenesson (25 years) and Sandra Reider (24 years).
For the honor grads, Tucker said recognizing them was something that the board “takes great pleasure” in doing, and implored them to “keep chasin’ your dreams, because your future’s bright.”
Those graduating seniors included: Kaitlyn Eubanks; Avery Gazzaway; Rachel Gressler; Hayley Hoskins; Jackson Keltch; Virginia Ludewig; Victoria Medina and Carlie Risinger.
