Bid for 6-lane track at VPHS is rejected

School board unanimously votes to seek bids on 8-lane track

By: TONY MARKS Editor Only one bid was received for a new 6-lane all-weather track at Ville Platte High School. That bid was from Asphalt Associates Inc. in the amount of $888,028.00. Before the Evangeline Parish School Board took action on the bid, during its meeting on Wednesday, July 13, board member Wanda Skinner emphatically delivered prepared remarks on the issue. “We have to constantl…