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Edgewood High School is scaling back its proposal to build a stadium on its athletic field that has had neighbors up in arms for months, but a neighborhood leader called the new plan “disingenuous.”

The Edgewood High School Board of Trustees announced in a letter to parents Friday it will seek permits for outdoor lighting and improvements for its sound amplification systems without asking for the increase in seating, a concessions stand, a ticket booth and team room space at the school’s Goodman Athletic Field that were originally proposed.

The initial proposal would have required an amendment to the school’s master plan, which is subject to approval by the city’s Plan Commission. Lighting and sound systems are regulated by city ordinances, so the school would just need to meet those requirements, which the board says the new proposal does.

“We took this action in order to continue our conversations with our neighbors — at their request — and to better focus on the Goodman Athletic Complex improvements allowed through existing ordinances versus those that require an amendment to our Master Plan,” the board said in the letter to parents.