The Pierce School cross-country course in Woodland Hills, utilized by hundreds of runners because the Sixties, has been closed and shall be unavailable to host the Metropolis Part finals and different highschool meets this fall.
At a gathering final week attended by officers from the Metropolis Part and West Valley Eagles youth group, Pierce School officers knowledgeable them {that a} new grass soccer area shall be constructed within the space the place races have beforehand began and in addition was used as a warm-up space for runners.
Officers additionally instructed Jack Dawson of the Eagles and Metropolis Part commissioner Vicky Lagos they’d revamp the entire course. They’ve already smoothed out path areas on the hilly course and stuck fencing.
A water truck and building supplies have been seen within the space of the flat floor on Wednesday. Few individuals have been made conscious a soccer area could be constructed on a a lot beloved space utilized by runners. The college has a males’s and girls’s soccer workforce. A college safety officer stated he was unaware of the plans, and he could be immediately affected since safety is employed weekly each time a highschool meet is held.
Dawson stated, “The course is going to be beautiful. It’s, how are we going to use it?”
A brand new place to begin must be created if the course goes for use for racing.
Dawson and Lagos stated they have been knowledgeable that there could be no permits issued this 12 months for the course. Excessive faculties that beforehand used the course are scrambling to seek out options.
Monroe coach Leo Hernandez stated his league is investigating utilizing Woodley Park within the Sepulveda Basin as a doable substitute. Birmingham Excessive as soon as arrange a course on its campus when Pierce School was unavailable due to heavy rains and could possibly be utilized by the Metropolis Part for the finals.
Pierce School can be getting used as a web site to absorb massive animals for wildfires, so growing one other course on campus this 12 months is unlikely contemplating the uncertainty of the climate this fall.
