Construction underway on new junior high tracks

Construction starting on new Gunn Junior High track

Construction of new track beginning at Gunn Junior High

March 27, 2018 - Construction of new tracks, funded by the 2014 Bond program, started last week at several AISD junior highs. The new 4-lane regulation tracks will be added around the existing sports fields at Bailey, Barnett, Boles, Gunn, Nichols, Shackelford, and Young junior highs. Carter Junior High will receive field enhancements. 

The site prep work includes dirt work, alignment of existing facilities and related infrastructure, drainage and irrigation.

The new tracks' surface will be comprised of a bottom layer of polyurethane-bound rubber granules topped with a spray-applied coat of polyurethane and rubber granules.

Ousley Junior High already received a new track earlier in the bond program in 2016. Workman Junior High is getting a new synthetic surface on its existing track, but it is not a bond-funded project.