STURGIS, S.D. – The Meade 46-1 School Board met for their May meeting Monday night.
On the agenda was approval of the Mammoth Sports contract for the Woodle Field Turf Project.
The approved contract totals $1.3 million, which includes contingency funds.
Field installation of the new turf is scheduled for the summer of 2026, with a planned start date of May 18, 2026. Substantial completion is anticipated by September 10 of 2026.
The board also discussed a dedicated access approach to the new rodeo grounds east of Sturgis.
Currently, access is shared with an existing approach that includes several overhead power lines, which may limit accessibility for larger vehicles.
The rodeo club has met with the D.O.T. and have been directed to a potential new access point along Highway 34.
Construction on the new rodeo grounds is currently underway.
And, the board approved the graduation Ceremony Decoration policy set forth by the Associated School Boards of South Dakota.
It describes what is and what isn’t allowed for students to wear at graduation.
Any Native American student may wear an eagle feather or eagle plume at that student’s graduation ceremony, or an appropriate beaded graduation cap subject to the determination of the school Administrator overseeing the graduation ceremony that the beaded graduation cap is appropriate.
A student who has enlisted in the South Dakota National Guard or in a branch of the armed forces may wear to his or her graduation ceremony a sash, stole, or other military decoration issued to that student by the military branch for the purposes of being worn at the graduation ceremony. The student should inform the Administrator overseeing the graduation ceremony of his or her intention to wear the sash, stole, or other military decoration.
