Leland community members had the opportunity to share their frustrations and concerns regarding Hancock Field designs and improvements currently in the works at a Leland Public School Board of Education (BOE) special meeting held Wednesday evening.
Hancock Field is on property owned by Leland Township, however, the school has use of portions of the park through deed. Leland Township has been working through the design process for improvements of the park property since last year.
The Leland Township board and Leland School BOE were set to hold a joint workshop meeting on May 20 to further review and discuss Hancock Field plans, however, Leland Superintendent Ryan Huppert said the township chose to cancel and opt out from it last week due to plans being “non-negotiable.” The school board chose to continue its scheduled meeting despite the absence of the township’s participation. Two township board trustees, Greg Kuntz and Steve Scales, attended the meeting as members of the audience though.
