At a workshop on May 10, neighbors of Ingraham High School told Seattle Schools they oppose any lighting of school athletic fields in their neighborhood. If lights are just another "done deal" being foisted upon them, they agreed, they want them turned off at 9 p.m. They also want fewer fields lit or scheduled at any one time (to reduce noise and congestion). They want all full cutoff lights with poles in front of the grandstands (to reduce glare and light spill), and they want parking and littering problems solved.

 Now, it is up to the Schools and Director of DCLU to implement site-specific conditions on the lighting developments at Ingraham. Seattle votes will be watching elected School Board members and Mayor Schell's appointee to see if, in the words of one Ingraham neighbor, they can balance "the needs of a few nighttime athletes with everyone's need for sleep."

 Residents of Hale and Addams will have their workshop with Schools at 7 p.m. on June 7 at the Hale Cafeteria.

 - RENEE BARTON, Meadowbrook

 Seattle Residents for Fair Field Lighting www.scn.org/fieldlights