Richmond parents are speaking out, accusing the West Contra Costa School District of keeping local kids from utilizing a newly-renovated athletic field.

They’re also accusing the district of giving a Berkeley-based soccer club sole access to the remodeled field of Kennedy High School while Richmond children are left to practice on fields filled with potholes.

While the youth football league has been training and mentoring Richmond children for five decades, parents and coaches claim they’re getting treated unfairly.

While the West Contra Costa School district recently remodeled Kennedy High’s athletic field with bond measure funds, the team says the district has given a Berkeley soccer league exclusive access — forcing the Steelers to practice at another field that’s dirty and unsafe.

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