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When it comes to change, I don’t think there can ever be enough communication.

We then put together another public meeting. We heard their initial concerns and attempted to put something together that might be acceptable. “Residents were engaged last February about this publicly. “It’s incumbent on us as public officials to take neighbors’ feedback seriously and provide opportunities for input,” Cavender said in an email. Laura Cavender, 5th ward commissioner representing the neighborhood surrounding the fields, said the recent discussions is a continuation of meetings they’ve already had. “And suddenly … it was sprung upon us as a done deal.” “Every single resident was opposed to this proposal,” nearby resident Lynn Elliott said during Thursday night’s meeting.

So the school district began looking at other sites, including the Polo Fields. So they purchased a couple of other properties near the school.īut that plan has faced opposition since it required the school district to remove 500 trees and demolish historic properties. School officials said the 22-acre site of the former Clairemont Farm/Morris Clothier Estate was too small for both the school and all the playing fields they needed. Lower Merion’s field problems developed when they picked a site for its new Black Rock Middle School. The meeting followed an announcement two weeks ago that Lower Merion had reached a tentative agreement for students to use the baseball and softball fields. Thursday night, about 60 residents living near the Polo Fields in the Bryn Mawr section of Haverford Township attended a meeting to raise concerns over the Lower Merion School District’s plans to use the fields for their new Black Rock Middle School in Villanova. HAVERFORD - Lower Merion’s field problems are now moving to Haverford Township.