I cannot believe our school board is even considering asking the taxpayers to pay for a new turf field. This school district has enough problems already.

I attended the JV girls softball game on April 9, 2008, at Herman Avenue. What a disgrace it was. It made Auburn look like the poorest city in New York state. The back stop is all rust and in need of a paint job. There were no bleachers or anything for the spectators or the players and coaches to sit on. Nothing but cold ground. There are no facilities for anyone there, not even the children have a place to use a restroom or get a drink of water; no water access for the players or umpires even.

I have traveled to many sporting events around New York and outside of this state, and by far Auburn is the most run-down broken outfit. We are lucky other cities will travel here to play us, they will probably stop soon.

The school board would be better off spending our tax money on fixing up what we already have and maintaining it, than creating another mess that will look like a dump in five years.

The only bright spot to this tragic field is that the young ladies on the Auburn High JV team play hard and show great team spirit and do not allow their surroundings to embarrass them or affect their playing of the game.

Chris Haff

Auburn