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Lisle trustees pause decision on Bennett Academy stadium after hours of public comment
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After more than two hours of public testimony, the Lisle Village Board agreed to pause consideration of Bennett Academy’s proposed stadium renovations and sports‑lighting special use permit to allow further negotiation between the school, residents and staff; no vote was held Jan. 12, 2026.
The Lisle Village Board on Jan. 12 paused consideration of a major change to Bennett Academy’s planned unit development — including permission for stadium lighting — after more than two hours of public comment from supporters and nearby residents.
Bennett representatives described a series of voluntary concessions intended to reduce the project’s neighborhood impacts, including lowering permanent home‑side bleacher seating to about 1,400, reducing scoreboard dimensions, committing to heavily shielded Musco fixtures and a proposed 0.1 foot‑candle limit at the west property line, restricting lights to 54 days per year, banning lights on Sundays and during January, February, June, July and December, and testing to confirm a worst‑case sound level of about 83 decibels at the property line. Bennett attorney Caitlin Chuck said the school is “willing to have this modification stipulated in our PUD approval document” and highlighted additional…
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