Brentwood resident tells board bleachers were installed behind her home without timely notice

Rosa Lopez, who identified herself during the public‑comment period at the Brentwood Union Free School District Board of Education meeting on March 19, said she received a letter that day about bleachers installed behind her single‑family home and asked why the district did not notify neighbors earlier.

“Would you like that massive structure behind your homes?” Lopez asked the board, adding that the letter she received was “a little late” and should have been distributed years earlier. “I want to know why you thought it was appropriate for you to install these bleachers behind a single family home in this neighborhood,” she said, calling the action “unprincipled.”

Lopez told the board she felt treated “like nobody,” said she had earlier raised the matter and had been ignored, and asked whether residents were expected to accept the installation without objection. The transcript records the chair ending Lopez’s allotted time and thanking her, but it does not record a substantive response or an explanation of the process that led to the installation.

The transcript does not specify which department approved the bleacher installation, when the district issued any notice, or whether permits or site‑planning steps were required. Lopez said she received the letter March 19, 2026; she told the board it should have been delivered three years earlier and that earlier notice would have allowed residents time to try to resolve concerns with the district.

The board’s public record of next steps on this complaint was not stated in the meeting transcript; the public comment ended with a request for any other speakers and the meeting moved on to the regular agenda.