Last month, the Times-News published a Big Story I wrote about sports facilities. My story explored a handful of local sports facility construction projects, some of which required voter approval to get underway. Those examples helped form a bigger picture about school facility funding, and the issues that arise when schools go to voters when they want to build or repair gyms, tracks, fields, etc.

The story really should have two bylines. As a sports reporter, school funding and ballot measures aren’t my areas of expertise, so I leaned heavily on past stories written by Times-News education reporter Julie Wootton-Greener.

Facility fragility: Schools have limited options to maintain athletic facilities