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Athletics In Our Schools
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I am the CSAC chair of a JK-8 catholic school in North York, last spring questions and concerns started arrising fro parents about athletics, more specifically the way try-outs were happening, some w…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gay Stephenson Dec 14.
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Happy December to you too Michelle! Thank you so much for writing back to tell us how everything is working out. We're all so happy for you. Kudos to you for finding ways, creating the paths for such a positive interchange with your principal and sc…
Happy December to everyone, I thought I would just give everyone who was so helpful in this athletics discussion an update on where our school is on this. We have had a series of meetings - teachers/coaches and principal, and Executive CSAC committe…
Too many coaches fail to make the distinction between competitive and recreational sports in our schools. Both exist and require that parents AND students know the difference.
There should be no try-outs at all for a recreational or house-league spo…
Michelle, another important reason we keep the "gym schedule" posted is that we promote a lot of after school hour community use of the school facility which usually involves the gym. Your situation is probably more common that you think. It sounds…
Thank you for your suggestions Jacqui. We in fact did discuss this possibility in the spring when the questions and concerns started coming up. At the same time we had also already begun discussing the possibility of a karate program one day a week…
Hi Michelle,
It sounds like the meeting with your principal was productive, and things are getting on the right track, no pun intendended :-) Sports programs can be very tricky for schools. Most programs require a teacher-coach to meet liability an…
Such a great reply Mike! This is exactly what was said in the meeting yesterday between myself, the vice chair and the principal - transparency and a monopoly on athletics! It states in the TCSAA handbook that coaches are to be mentoring another coa…
Great to hear about the positive direction and support that you are getting from your principal now, Michelle!
Doesn't it all just come back to accountability and transparency?
If the information regarding team participation is not being clearly communicated to the entire school population (children as well as parents) and there is an "exclusive private club…
Thank you Gord for your input. The Principal did step up at the CSAC meeting a remind everyone that, just as you said, the CSAC may advise the Principal on any matter. The issue is not asking about any particular students and how they were treated,…
I have no direct experience on the Elementary side. But I can comment on a few points.
“no right or jurisdiction over athletics end of discussion”. All school councils have right and jurisdiction to review and make recommendations to the Principal o…
Thank you Mike for sharing, sounds about the same as we are dealing with. The funny thing is I have 3 boys at the school, my eldest makes all of the teams and happens to be a younger child (gr 6) who bumped an older child (gr.8) off the intermediate…
No advice to give but can share that in our experience much of the same happens at our school.
ALL children are not treated equally nor given equal opportunity to participate. There is very little communication to the parent body regarding try outs,…
I am the CSAC chair of a JK-8 catholic school in North York, last spring questions and concerns started arrising fro parents about athletics, more specifically the way try-outs were happening, some were about how older kids get cut from a team for a…
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