There will be Friday night lights at Brookfield East after all.
The School Board this morning unanimously voted to keep the light poles at the football field, with inspections to occur every month and after any major storm or wind event.
The fixtures were part of a nationwide recall, but two engineering firms inspected the poles at East and found no cracks or defects. After more than an hour of community comment and discussion on Tuesday, members said they wanted to reconsider their vote in a special meeting today.
More than 20 residents attended today's meeting and broke out into applause after the vote was taken.
"I've been in public office for 5½ years, and if I've learned one lesson, it's that reasonable people can look at the same information and reach different conclusions," board President Tom Gehl said.
"I want to recognize, thank, and frankly, salute, the manner in which the East community presented itself and its concerns both Tuesday night and this morning," he said. "I think it show us the best that can occur in public discourse on sensitive issues."
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