The Marshall County School Board recognized some of their best students and teachers at Monday night’s monthly meeting.

The board presented the teachers of the year for this school year at the school and district level.

Students from each of the county’s three high schools who had scored 30 points or higher on the ACT or who had improved their standardized test score by three or more points were also presented with certificates marking their achievement.

Board members approved the addition of volleyball teams for Marshall County High School and Lewisburg Middle School for the next school year.

The addition of the sport has been under discussion for some time and MCHS Principal John Bush said that volleyball received the largest favorable response when students were surveyed concerning programs they would like to see at the school.

Approval was sought now so that groundwork could be laid to prepare for the fall season sport. Equipment, uniforms, coaches, and some minor gym modifications will need to be put in place.

The motion did generate discussion among the board members before it ultimately passed.

There were concerns if adding volleyball might negatively impact participation in other girls sports and whether adding teams at the middle school level for sports already existing at the high school level might not be a better use of resources.

Renovation of the lights at the baseball field at Cornersville High School has been pushed to next year’s budget. Any work would not begin until May anyway, so the decision was made to include the funding next year.

In his report to the board, Director Jacob Sorrells touched on damage to the press box at Preston Hopkins field. The high winds last week blew out some of the sheet metal walls of the structure.

While repairs shouldn’t be too costly, the damage did trigger a discussion of the future of Preston Hopkins. The football stadium and baseball field sharing the location restricts both. Sorrells said that neither can be great facilities sharing the location as they do, with the baseball outfield extending into the stadium’s footprint.

Thought has gone into a relocation of the football stadium, with one option, identified as the probable best site for a new facility, being school property in front of Lewisburg Middle School and Marshall Elementary.