Lebo Soccer on Sunday Mornings?

Mt. Lebanon may weigh in on whether to extend use of some or all of the district athletic facilities to Sundays.

The matter was brought to the table by board vice president Josephine Posti Jan. 8. She offered the topic to the board to collect opinions on whether such a move might be supported by a board majority. Both the boys and girls soccer teams made the playoffs this past fall, and as a result needed additional practice time. So some fields were used on Sundays by special exception.

The district policy as written discourages the use of the fields on Sundays.

"Perhaps there might be merit in expanding that policy for community use," Posti said. "There is limited space that community organizations have access to for things that are outside school team sports. I would like to invite board discussion on whether community use of our facilities might be something that might interest you."

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This seems like a no-brainer to me. Growing up in California in the 1960s and early 70s, my soccer teams -- town and "travel" teams (not that the terminology had been invented yet) -- always practiced and played games on municipal fields on Sundays. Scheduling would have been impossible otherwise. The leagues and teams paid for the permits.