With the Board room jammed, standing room only with others in foyer, board members heard speaker after speaker ask
that approval the capital campaign be ended.  Read more about the ending to the contentious stadium lights projects at 
Peninsula High.
Graham was on the School Board when that school was built.   There was hardly even a debate about installing lights:  the disruption to the surrounding neighbors was too obvious to admit discussion of lights.  Read Dana's article about school board members would never consider disrupting the lives of so many for so little benefit to the school or kids.
This is the second attempt to put lights on the athletic field.  Board members recognized that they had to have the
endorsement of the community before proceeding -- something that the current Board has failed to understand.

PENINSULA NEWS ARTICLE - 1993 
Click here.
              
Again, the Booster Club attempted to have stadium lights placed at Peninsula High.  The Board decided that the 
proposal would have a slim chance of making it through the RHE zoning commission.  The effort failed to be passed by the school board.
STUDENT EDITORIAL -- Click here.
Read what one student writes regarding priorities of the Booster Club and Board.
ALUMNUS RESPONSE Click here
Here's the response to the student's editorial.
Each month the PPC sends an email updating supporters on the lights issue.  Send us your email address and we'll
include you in our mailing.  If your friends do not have a computer, we'll send a hard copy via snail mail.