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Turn out the lights, night events are over at Hoover High School
As I write this, I am sitting in my house that is one block from Hoover High. I can hear the screams of the fans as their team scores, the music of the band and the basic sounds of happy high schoolers and their families. The stadium lights are not beaming into my living room, there is no one trashing my front yard or blocking my driveway. I'm trying hard to figure out what the big deal is about the stadium lights. Did the school board go about this the right way? No, probably not, but come next Friday night home game, who will be at home bummed that they are missing out on one of high schools rites of passage? The school board members? No, it will be the kids who most likely live in one of the poorer neighborhoods surrounding the school, who could probably use a little light in their Friday night.— September 20, 2013 8:16 p.m.