EAST ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer’s BOE has spent four months analyzing engineering and specifications for scoreboards in the high school’s gym. Since the approval of the Plainview LED scoreboard for the football field, the board has been looking at replacing the gym scoreboards and had an opportunity to look at options in December 2021.

Three options were presented for the Board of Education on Thursday, but approval came for Option C. Superintendent Dr. Brian Ridley said in the meeting that this option was the revised bid where they changed the format of the boards. The option still has the middle two-sided board but with two smaller fixed-digit scoreboards on the side walls. The three options totals in prices were Option A for $551,569, Option B for $471,569, and Option C for $297,879.56.

Final approval for the gym scoreboard came for Option C with a 4-1 vote. Board member Joe Pflueger was the dissenting vote.

As stated earlier in the week, the board also is adding shot clocks with illuminated backboards with this project. The middle two-sided video board will be suspended from the roof by a hoist, according to reports.

Plainview was on hand during the week’s meetings to discuss questions that included the maintenance, how the shot clocks and backboard illumination would work, and the hoist option over purchasing a new lift. The scoreboard is set to work alongside the gym’s audio system that has been replaced in the last few years.