Niagara Catholic trustees have passed a notion to install turf fields at two of its schools.
The board will spend $3 million to install the fields at Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary School in Grimsby and Notre Dame College School in Welland.
The funding will come from the Board's School Condition Improvement funding and community partnerships such as School Renewal Allocation.
Trustees have also greenlit a plan to include turf field funding in annual budgets moving forward, with the hope of providing turf fields to all eight of the board's high schools.
Board Chair Larry Huibers says this move will greatly benefit students.
"By making an investment in turf fields, we are ensuring that students coming to our high schools will find facilities on par with other schools in their communities. We know that safety on the playing field is a key concern for students and their families, and providing them with safer, state-of-the-art facilities sends our communities the message that student safety is our number one priority."
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