Athletic Field Changes Pass, but Not without Protest

TYLER — Big changes are coming to Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium after the Tyler ISD trustees voted to make some major renovations. According to KETK, changes would include replacing turf and extending the field, narrowing the track lanes from seven to two. It also means the stadium would become a multi-purpose venue allowing soccer games to be held there. Another item passed by the board allows the superintendent to start planning modifications to the track and field complex at John Tyler High School.

Regarding Rose Stadium, Superintendent Randy Reid told KTBB’s Bill Coates, “We’re gonna be able to provide a safe and a high-quality facility for all of our athletes in all of our sports, and really, it also makes the most economic sense for us.” But some were none too happy about the plan. One said, “We need more to time to make sure this is carried out in the right way, with the children being the primary concern, and not just a specific racial ethnicity, which the soccer, we know, is targeting a certain racial ethnicity.”