WASHINGTON — The Alexandria City School Board voted 8 to 1 to install lights at the Parker-Gray Memorial Stadium at T.C. Williams High School
In a statement, the Alexandria City Public Schools said that the next step is to go through the city’s planning process.
“While there are many steps to realizing lights at Parker-Gray Stadium, this first step is important in order to allow ACPS to plan field and property improvements on the T.C. Williams site. My colleagues carefully considered the facts around this effort, and we will now proceed through the city’s public planning process,” School Board Chairwoman Karen Graf said in the statement.
The school department said in the statement that T.C. Williams is the only high school in Northern Virginia without lights at its field, adding that lights will enable more extensive recreational use of the stadium.
“Our Board has been very pragmatic about this decision, providing extra time for community feedback and working hard to ensure that T.C. Williams is working to be the best neighbor it can be,” said School Board Vice Chairman Christopher Lewis said.
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