Abraham Lincoln High School

Be advised that the truck access to the fields along Hester is currently close to the stadium. When the softball and baseball fields are complete that entrance will move closer to the intersecion of Hester and Dana but remain on Hester. 

Administrative Regulation AR 7121

Facilities

Athletic Field Stadium Lighting and Amplified Sound System

The Superintendent or designee shall communicate to Principals, Assistant Principals and Athletic Directors the Governing Board recognition of the importance of providing District pupils with the best possible facilities for athletic purposes and the importance of how its athletic facilities may affect the neighboring community.

Use of stadium lighting is limited per BP 7121. Each of the sites is limited to using the stadium lighting for a maximum of ten (10) evening or night athletic events per school year. The stadium lighting for these events will be extinguished by 10:00 p.m.  These events will include:

1. Up to five football games

2. One boys soccer and one girls soccer

3. Other athletic events such as track or lacrosse

Stadium lights will be controlled by the central energy management system (EMS).

1. Principals will submit the annual schedule of these 10 events for approval to the Superintendent or designee by June 30th.

2. Maintenance will be notified by the Superintendent or designee via work orders to make lights available for approved events.

3.No changes can be made without Superintendent’s approval.

4. Principals will post dates and times of events in parent newsletters and on the School’s web site no later than 30 days prior to the 1st event.

5. Any school site that exceeds the ten evening events will lose a night of use for the subsequent year. This reduction will be specific to the sport that violated the policy.

6. The Athletic Director and Principal or designee responsible for any violation of this policy will be reprimanded in their annual evaluation.

Each of the school sites is limited to using the stadium lighting for a maximum of ten (10) non-competitive athletic team practices per school year. The stadium lighting for these events will be extinguished by 7:00 p.m.

1. Use of these nights will be scheduled on an as needed basis.

2. Principals will notify Maintenance via work order 24 hours in advance to request the lights be turned on by the EMS.

3. Maintenance will report monthly to the CBO the times the lights have been used by school.

4. In an emergency Central Station can be reached to turn lights on or off.

Administrative Regulation AR 7121 (b)

Amplified sound systems will not be permitted prior to 9 am or after dusk except on the 10 night athletic events described above. Amplified sound will not be permitted for non-competitive evenings.

On an annual basis, beginning 2008, the superintendent or his/her designee(s) shall provide the Board an annual review of the stadium lighting practices. This annual review shall include analysis of the following factors included in BP 7121. In order to file this report and to monitor the impact of stadium lighting in a timely manner, the following will occur:

1. Each school site will prepare a written plan with the mitigation measures to minimize the impacts of the stadium lighting on the school and the surrounding neighborhood related to noise, trash, pedestrian safety, traffic control and parking.

2. Plans will be developed with input from community leaders, neighborhood associations, parents and students.

3. After each event, the Principals will submit a report to the Superintendent evaluating the effectiveness of the committed plan, including any recommendations for changing the plan.

Prior to the initial use of the stadium lights in the fall of 2007 at the six high schools, mitigation plans will be presented to the Board for review and input. There after, annual reports will be presented to the Board. The annual review shall be performed as part of the Site Council Review process.  The Site Council Reports shall be combined and presented to the Board by the District Superintendent. In addition, each Principal will host an annual neighborhood meeting to review the same information.

Policy SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

adopted: _____________________, 2007