Soon enough, Central High is going to receive a new scoreboard in the gym.
On Oct. 9, the Omaha Public Schools (OPS) Board of Education agreed on a plan to get new scoreboards for most high schools in OPS installed by Digital Scoreboards, LLC. Central’s scoreboard is in a package with North and Benson scoreboards, which costs an overall $698,993. Other high schools had separate packages approved.
Rather than being a standard scoreboard, the planned replacement is going to be a video screen, which can show videos alongside the current score.
According to Robert Locken, athletic director at Central High School, this plan has been on-and-off for around seven years. The current plan doesn’t go into effect until after the season is over, Locken said. The current scoreboard is outdated, so they felt the need to replace it.
