Cutting sports and opportunity at Hartford Public - Rick Green CT Confidential:
"This is education reform that makes no sense: eliminating high school sports for city kids.
Is there a population of young males and females more in need of the discipline and motivation that high school athletics can bring?
We've got gangs and shootings while a city council member and staff spend thousands of dollars on travel junkets. There are bonuses for aides to the mayor and raises all around for teachers and administrators. There's just not enough money for high school athletics.
As my colleague Lori Riley wrote this past Sunday, it's over for the 16 boys who hoped to wrestle at Hartford Public High School this year. Tennis, golf, freshman volleyball and JV soccer were also cut."
"This is education reform that makes no sense: eliminating high school sports for city kids.
Is there a population of young males and females more in need of the discipline and motivation that high school athletics can bring?
We've got gangs and shootings while a city council member and staff spend thousands of dollars on travel junkets. There are bonuses for aides to the mayor and raises all around for teachers and administrators. There's just not enough money for high school athletics.
As my colleague Lori Riley wrote this past Sunday, it's over for the 16 boys who hoped to wrestle at Hartford Public High School this year. Tennis, golf, freshman volleyball and JV soccer were also cut."