The Lisbon Boosters club helped purchase new equipment for Lisbon’s weight room, agreeing to pay roughly 50 percent of the cost for the new weights.
The new equipment was something that was value engineered out of the Lisbon new weight room and career and technical education project early on in the process.
Superintendent Autumn Pino said that the flooring company who installed the new weight room flooring recommended updating the weight room equipment to prolong the gym floor.
“It’s one of those areas that our weight room gets used a lot, by more than 80 percent of our student body,” Pino said. “It’s part of our physical education and wellness system.”
Pino said the support from the boosters to help purchase this equipment is a great investment since it touches so many live in Lisbon.
“The equipment we’re looking at also compliments the new addition very well,” said board member John Baker.
Pino said the work of Brandon Horman with the Boosters Club, as well as managing the concessions funds conservatively have helped the district to be able to manage the purchase of this new equipment for the space.
“We’ve been sitting on a healthy fund for the concessions stand for several months now, and knew that a portion of those proceeds would be used to help with this purchase,” Pino said.
The Booster Club agreed to help with 50 percent of the costs of the new weight room. The weight room
Board member Allan Mallie asked what would happen to the old weights.
Pino said the school could sell the weights via sealed bids.