RSS 2.0 FeedJuly 22, 2010, Merrick Life
School field closing delay
Merrick Avenue and Grand Avenue Middle School football fields will remain open through October 31.
Merrick Avenue and Grand Avenue Middle School football fields will remain open through October 31 to allow outside community sports teams to play out their fall seasons, said Saul Lerner, director of physical education, athletics, health services and driver eduation for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
The fields were set to close to outside teams before the school season began. At a school board meeting last week newly sworn-in Central High School District Board President Nina Lanci got an earful from soccer and lacrosse members who contended that closing the three high school and two middle school fields to outside groups would deprive hundreds of community kids from participating in sports teams, leaving many of them vulnerable to seeking other activities such as drugs. T
he three high school fields will still be closed to outside groups in September.