ROGERS CITY — The Rogers City Area Schools Superintendent Nicholas Hein said Monday there are some building and grounds projects he would like to tackle over the next couple of years at the school.

The projects were discussed at the school board meeting Monday.

“It’s troublesome. We have 51 kids in track that don’t have a home field,” parent Greg Zurakowski said. “I understand the track itself needs some work. I’ve heard numbers all over the map to get it repaired. From $60,000 to $100,00. There are companies in the state of Michigan that resurface tracks.”

He said many parents and grandparents can’t watch the track meets, as they have to be hosted out of town.

“I would like to get in front of the board, that’s something that needs to be addressed,” he said. “Whether it’s parent involvement, work days.”

Hein agreed the track is in horrible condition and has been for many years.

“The numbers that you make — almost a quarter of our high school is consistently enrolled in track — and our track is out of code so we can’t host a meet,” he said. “Not only are we on board with it, I have a quote in my office for $250,000 to turn that into a state of the art track. We have one more year to pay off our debt bond on the building improvements. My personal goal is to have a brand new track out there in two years.”

Zurakowski asked if the bid was competitive. Hein said it was.

“There were two groups who looked into it,” Hein said. “I don’t want to see it done halfway. We want to be able to host the regional meets. The athletic director is 100 percent behind it. Our sinking fund is tied up. We had a couple of commitments, we had a boiler put in the elementary which was $60,000, we have brand new playground equipment that was another $60,000. In another year things will be opened up and that’s huge on the priority list.”

Hein said the parking lots will be worked on later this month. Hein said he also was informed the wall between the weight room and art room is not load bearing.

“I will gather a couple of quotes for tearing down that wall and I would like to build the kids a state-of-the-art weight room,” he said. “I’m just looking into it. Nothing is happening, yet … A couple of people have mentioned Home Depot does projects like that for free. I have earmarked $15,000 already to purchase equipment.”

The board also accepted the resignation of history and science teacher Melissa Wozniak.

Hein said throughout her years she always was creative in the classroom.

“(She was) always trying something different and never became settled in her ways,” Hein said. “She always wanted to try and be innovative.”