Turf and Lights
Currently, our middle and high school grass practice fields are so overused, they can no longer be maintained for student safety. Thanks to the generous support of LPS voters, at least one grass field at each of our three neighborhood high schools and four neighborhood middle schools will be replaced with durable and safe turf practice/playing fields. To start with, one grass field at Heritage High School, Arapahoe High School and Euclid Middle School will be replaced with turf during the summer of 2019. These fields were chosen to be replaced first because they are already located inside of a track and are easier to replace. Additional turf fields will be completed in the summers of 2020 and 2021. The bond includes one lighted field at all district high schools.
Turf and lights at Arapahoe
The current grass field inside the track at AHS is being replaced with artificial turf and directional lighting as part of the 2018 bond program. Artificial turf and directional lighting provide a safer, more durable practice field for students, especially when it gets dark earlier in the day in the fall, winter, and early spring. Another grass practice field at AHS will be replaced with artifical turf in the future.
Photo taken July 2019
Turf at Euclid
The current grass field inside the track at EMS is being replaced with artificial turf as part of the 2018 bond program.
Photo taken July 2019
November 2018 - January 2019
- Survey fields at Heritage, Arapahoe, and Euclid
- Receive proposal from architects for the design of 10 artificial turf fields
Summer 2019
- Grass field to be replaced with artificial turf at Arapahoe High School
- Grass field to be replaced with artificial turf at Euclid Middle School
- Grass field to be replaced with artificial turf at Heritage High School
Summer 2020 & 2021
- Additional turf fields to be completed
Turf and lights at Heritage
The current grass field inside the track at HHS is being replaced with artificial turf and directional lighting as part of the 2018 bond program. Artificial turf and directional lighting provide a safer, more durable practice field for students, especially when it gets dark earlier in the day in the fall, winter, and early spring. Another grass practice field at HHS will be replaced with artifical turf in the future. Scroll down to see its progress over the summer!
Photo taken May 17, 2019.
Photo taken July 16, 2019
Photo taken July 25, 2019
Lights have been adjusted to minimize "light spillage" and to focus light onto the field. Photo taken Aug. 20, 2019.
Examples of artificial turf fields
