And the Okaloosa County School Board said, let there be lights. Destin Middle School is the only school in the district without access to a lighted playing field, and because there are no lights, games must start earlier in the afternoon.
Instructional time is cut into because the games have to start early.
The board then re-allocated those funds to Destin Middle School. The school hopes for installation of the lights sometime this winter, said Tommy Britt, administrative assistant. The electrical foundations for the lights have been in place, and before the school board gave funding for the lights, parents were launching a campaigning to raise the money for the lights. This is going to be fantastic because now we don't have to cut into instructional time.