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Facility projects can stall over disputes between schools and neighbors.
Here's how one California school is making progress.
By Kevin Hoffman, Editorial Director
Funding is often the biggest obstacle to athletic facility
projects, but in some communities across America, it's the
neighbors.
As more schools look to upgrade their stadiums and
field houses, nearby residents are growing more vocal in
their opposition to such projects. Facility improvements
can include new lighting and audio systems, or towering
bleachers, press boxes and scoreboards. Homeowners
fear that the changes will infringe on their quality of life
or drive down property values. That can lead to heated
debates at school board meetings, where opponents try to
block the project.
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In New York, one high school's renovations included
new bleachers, which were constructed just yards away
from neighboring properties. Residents continue to fight
for the structure's removal, arguing liability and safety
concerns. In Wisconsin, neighbors stood against a stadium
project that would have included a new audio system
and the installation of LED lights. The school has not
hosted an on-campus football game in nearly 20 years,
but homeowners were concerned with the noise and light
pollution that the project might bring.
Those proposals are not unlike the planned renovation
at Mountain View-Los Altos High School District in central

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