11/13/12 - For the second meeting in a row, citizens unhappy with the decision to place a lighted stadium for Scranton Middle School near their homes were at the Brighton Board of Education meeting Monday night. The residents are trying to prevail upon the board to change the location of the stadium back to the originally-proposed site, in front of the school. One of the citizens, Pat OâDonnell, who lives adjacent to the school, told the board he doesnât want the lights and sound from the P.A. system intruding on his quiet, rural lifestyle. Superintendent Greg Gray tells WHMI that unless the board votes to change the location of the field at the next meeting, the decision will stand on the location. At its meeting on Nov. 26, the board will approve the design and development package for the first phase of the $88 million bond issue passed by the voters last spring, and that will encompass the new Scranton athletic facilities. In the meantime, the bond committee will be meeting Wednesday to discuss the plans for Scranton. The determination to move the field resulted from the decision to put in a roundabout, instead of a conventional intersection with traffic light, on Maltby Road in front of the school. The road commission said an additional 100 feet of land was needed to build it, and that forced the field back to an area directly over a secondary septic system. As a result, it was decided to move the proposed field to the back of the school next to other athletic facilities and fields. Gray says the field could still be placed in front of the school and another secondary septic system built, but that would cost more money. (TT)
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