Breaking: 3 Year Old Plastic Football Field at Whitman High School Out of Commission for Playoff Games. Report [Pictures] Documented 27 Repairs in October.

Dear Walt Whitman High School Community Members,

The purpose of this email is to update the community on the state of our turf field and it’s use for sports and activities. The field has been used throughout the fall by multiple Whitman teams and outside organizations like MSI soccer. During the fall season, we have collaborated with MCPS in monitoring its condition. Subsequently, the field has undergone repairs and been assessed multiple times by MCPS facilities specialists to ensure the safety of our students and outside users. 

Out of an abundance of caution, we will not be using the field for the remainder of the fall sports season, specifically two home playoff games for girls soccer and field hockey respectively. Both of these games will be played at Walter Johnson High School on the evening of Friday, November 4. Whitman field hockey will play Urbana High School at 6:00pm and Whitman girls soccer will play Parkdale High School at 8:00pm. 

With the fall regular sports season concluded, we will collaborate with MCPS to further evaluate the playing surface of the field in order to identify any necessary repairs that need to be made in the months ahead. We will keep our community updated on any actions that are taken.  

While we are disappointed that we are unable to use the field for these two important games, we are nonetheless proud of all that our student athletes accomplished during the fall sports season at Whitman. As always, our students and parents are encouraged to attend these playoff games at Walter Johnson High School to support our field hockey and girls soccer teams. 

Sincerely,

Robert W. Dodd, EdD

Principal

Walt Whitman High School

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Image above shows Picture #27 of seam tears in Whitman High School/MSI artificial turf football/soccer field from October 19, 2021 Maintenance Report below: 

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