No matter what..
... don't cut sports! Last (this was written on Wednesday, but posted Thursday) night's BRRSD Board of Ed meeting had 3 main messages. * One was from parents to the BOE - keep sports. Don't cut trainers, don't cut awards , don't cut middle school sports. * One from the BOE to parents - we care about sports. Christine Schneider gave a heart wrenching plea to demonstrate how vital sports are to her. She thanked several big-wig sports families in the audience (I've never seen a BOE member thank individuals at a meeting, they normally barely recognize the public) for their support. * Everyone's message was VOTE YES on the BUDGET. In fact, several members of the BOE reiterated their support for sports, recognizing hard financial times. The BOE expressed their happiness that no one got as nasty as those pesky (my word, not theirs) library-fighting parents. Several BOE members compared the civility of last night's meeting to the messy bookie-vigilantes meetings...