Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

District approves student drug testing and stadium repairs

After months of investigating the best course of action, the Kimball Board of Education authorized School Superintendent Marshall Lewis to purchase the materials needed to seal the stadium.

“At this point the estimate is $25,000 to $35,000. That is our best guess at this time,” Lewis said. “We don’t know how much we are going to need.”

In addition to the undetermined amount of product necessary for the job, Lewis expressed concern that the bleachers are wood wrapped in aluminum.

“We have no idea what the wood underneath might look like,” he said.

“I think we are going to giv...