Two Fort Lauderdale high school football teams will get to return to a field at Chase Stadium after a recent move to a rival school sparked a community backlash.

The Broward School Board agreed Tuesday to pay $41,500 so that Fort Lauderdale High and Stranahan High can play their remaining home games this season at the Baptist Health Community Field at Chase Stadium. (Chase Stadium was built on the site of the former Lockhart Stadium.)

Fort Lauderdale High will play its first game at the community field next week, on Sept. 25, against Cooper City High, with Stranahan’s first game scheduled for Oct. 3 against South Plantation High. The two schools had been playing this season’s home games at Dillard High in Fort Lauderdale.

Chase Stadium, owned by the city of Fort Lauderdale, is the curre

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