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    Garden Grove district on track with new sports facilities
    • June 28, 2023

    Members of the Santiago High’s girls and boys track team run on the new all-weather nine-lane synthetic track following a Garden Grove Unified School District ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic
    facilities in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    School board members and other dignitaries assemble for a a photo as Walter Muneton, President of the Garden Grove Unified School District, center, ans his daughter cut the ribbon during a Garden Grove Unified School District ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic facilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Walter Muneton, President of the Garden Grove Unified School District, high-fives his daughter Esme, 3, after she kicked a goal as they try out the new field following a GGUSD ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic facilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and a new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Walter Muneton, President of the Garden Grove Unified School District tries out the new field following a GGUSD ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic facilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and a new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Santiago Highs football team, left, pose for a photo on the new aluminum bleachers during a Garden Grove Unified School District ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic
    facilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Members of the Santiago cheer team and other guests sit in the new aluminum bleachers during a Garden Grove Unified School District ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic
    facilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    The Santiago High’s girls soccer team practices on the school’s new field during a Garden Grove Unified School District ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic facilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and a new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Alexander Martinez, 16, left, of the Santiago High School’s Army Junior ROTC sabre guard waits for the start of a Garden Grove Unified School District ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athleticfacilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    1st Sergeant Vance Richardson, right, makes last minute adjustments to the uniforms on members of the Santiago High School’s Army Junior ROTC sabre guard prior to a Garden Grove Unified School District ribbon cutting ceremony at Santiago High School to dedicate the school’s new state of the art athletic facilities including an all-weather nine-lane synthetic track and new football/soccer field in Garden Grove on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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    Santiago High soccer and football teams practiced Monday on a bright green field ringed by a vibrant orange track with pristine white lines.

    The school hosted a celebration in the afternoon for its new athletic facilities before the athletes took the field.

    The synthetic track now offers nine lanes with the new field at its center and new LED lighting.

    “I am confident that this new facility will bring new excitement and energy to our outstanding athletic programs, which have dedicated coaches and hardworking players,” Garden Grove Unified School District Board President Walter Muneton said in a statement. He is an alum of Santiago High.

    The athletic facilities were funded in part by a 2016 bond measure approved by voters that raised $311 million for projects at various campuses.

    The district has similar facilities opening at its Rancho Alamitos High and Los Amigos High campuses by the end of July, spokeswoman Abby Broyles said. Each facility is costing about $8.5 million.

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