The Old Rochester Regional campus is getting worn in some places, and on Thursday, members of the ORR School Committee and administration saw some of the needs first hand.

ORR School Committee Chair Tina Rood said the fields and grounds, which have a $46,000 budget, are well kept they can't keep up with the needs of students and the community.

“These fields are used and used and used,” Rood said.

The multi-use field sees hundreds of people converge on it each week, from high school teams to community groups. Because of the constant use, the field can't rebound, so the grass is all but nonexistent in many areas.

Not every team can use the multi-use field either. The field hockey team doesn't play on the multi-use field due to the nature of the sport, but even the back field the players do use is insufficient and even dangerous, according to administrators.

“I think this is the sport that takes it the most,” said ORR Principal and boys soccer coach Mike Devoll.

Athletic Director Bill Tilden said the field is supposed to have one inch of grass, instead, it is mostly dirt.

“That scares me with injuries,” Devoll said, adding that he's seen the girls on the team lose sight of the ball in a scuffle of dus.

The current field situation also means the junior varsity soccer team is bused to Washburn Park in Marion at a cost of $50 a day.

When it comes to the track, that too is woefully in need of help, according to Hal Rood.

Hal Rood, Tina's husband, is a member of Tri-Town Unified Recreational Facilities, Inc., a group working to raise money for an overhaul of the athletic facilities at ORR, including synthetic fields.

On Thursday, he pointed out that the school can't host state track meets due to the track's condition. It hasn't been resurfaced in at least 17 years and is too narrow.

“We have one of the best track teams in New England, yet we can't even host a state level tournament,” Hal Rood said.

Inside, the school's auditorium could also benefit from improvements. Drama Club Director Paul Sardinha spoke to the School Committee in September and discussed the need for updated lighting that would use less energy and emit little heat. He also said the sound system needs an overhaul and the rigging.

The school is looking at options on those fronts, and School Committee members saw some of the issues firsthand on Thursday.

“It's an awesome auditorium,” Sardinha said.“It's tired, that's all.”

Like the fields, Tina Rood said the auditorium is an important part of student life, and the goal of the tour was to better educate School Committee members as they think about ORR's future.