(8-25-26) The Celina City School Board of Education during its Special Board Work Session on August 4th discussed the athletic facilities and construction situation for the future.

During the work session the board was updated by Matt Hibner, Garmann Miller’s Director of Architecture, that the total potential project of constituting the master plan – including new track and field facility ($4.2 million), new football stadium ($3.347 million) at the track, renovations to the high school Tri Star building, and more – are $20.89 million.

Daily Standard—BOE considering sale of Fieldhouse, football field

Board Member Carl Huber at the work session—

“I think for right now we either got to let it sit or go proceed with the idea of sell it. I don’t see that being a long-term useful facility for the district, I really don’t.”

Board Member Mark Huelsman

“I think one of two things: You sell it or you level it. Because that half million dollars the state’s going to contribute has value. Now we don’t have to talk about it anymore. We don’t have to worry about it. Leaving an empty building like that sit is not prudent, I don’t think.”

At last night’s monthly board meeting—

Board President Adam Schleucher

“We talked at our work session about potentially looking at what it would be if we were to put the Fieldhouse up for auction.That does not mean that we have to sell it. It just means that we can look to explore what the value is and get a fair market value on that.”

The board members decided to look at auctioning the facility as three different properties.

Celina Schools Superintendent Brooke Gessler said the administration will now proceed to survey the property and have a public appraisal conducted. In order to to put the property up for bid.

Related:

5-31-25 —- Celina Schools BOE Vote On Future Athletic Facilities At A Special BOE Meeting

11-21-24 —- EDITORIAL: Celina Schools Athletic Building Project Disappointments