Ooltewah and Soddy Daisy high schools will soon get artificial turf football fields.
On Thursday, the Hamilton County school board entered into an agreement with the Hamilton County Schools Funds for Excellence to manage a $2 million donation from U.S. Xpress to install the fields.
The school board voted 9-0 to enter into the agreement. School Board Members Larry Grohn, R-East Ridge, and Tiffanie Robinson, an independent from Chattanooga, were absent.
“I just wanted to say thank you,” Board Member Ben Connor, D-Chattanooga, said. “It takes an absolute village, army, whatever you want to say, to raise children, and to support your community is fabulous.”