Hardy MS Football Season Cancelled

[Anonymous]

The Hardy MS Principal sent a message to the school community referencing an “incident that did not involve student safety” at the game against McKinley MS this week, the cancellation of the football team’s season due the lack of sufficient “eligible student athletes” to form a team, and - if I’m reading it correctly - the replacement of the school’s athletic director. So, what actually happened?

[Anonymous]

The skeez from my kid is that athletic forms were fabricated. Unclear whether students were actually ineligible or if paperwork merely hadn’t been completed in time. Plenty of photocopies available at BTS night so maybe not the real issue pp.

[Anonymous]

You can always leave the school and move to the burbs if you don't like it.

[Anonymous]

They cancelled the whole season because kids hadn't completed their paperwork? Sounds fishy.

[Anonymous]

Probably couldn’t get enough to field a team?

[Anonymous]

The athletic director didn’t collect the health forms and then faked last years forms were this years forms. And sounds like he brought some kids from other schools to join the team.

They got rid of that athletic director but now it’s really sad the kids lose out and don’t have a season.

And not a good look for the new principal for not being more straightforward- they don’t need to share all the details but they should be more straight to earn trust of the students and parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director didn’t collect the health forms and then faked last years forms were this years forms. And sounds like he brought some kids from other schools to join the team.

They got rid of that athletic director but now it’s really sad the kids lose out and don’t have a season.

And not a good look for the new principal for not being more straightforward- they don’t need to share all the details but they should be more straight to earn trust of the students and parents.

NP. I got the email and it was plenty straightforward enough for me.

[Anonymous]

I feel sorry for the boys who have been practicing for months and now don’t have a season. The school should figure out something for them. What a disappointment. Honestly, we had a similar athletic experience at Hardy. Disappointment after disappointment. While the school has a role for sure, it’s really the incompetent DCIAA that has a bigger role.

[Anonymous]

How can not having athletic forms not involve student safety?

A child could have asthma and the coach did not know.
A child could have a medical condition and the coach did not know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can always leave the school and move to the burbs if you don't like it.

Please do, our school systems are much less corrupt in the burbs!

[Anonymous]

BASIS is undefeated in football since the school opened. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director didn’t collect the health forms and then faked last years forms were this years forms. And sounds like he brought some kids from other schools to join the team.

They got rid of that athletic director but now it’s really sad the kids lose out and don’t have a season.

And not a good look for the new principal for not being more straightforward- they don’t need to share all the details but they should be more straight to earn trust of the students and parents.

NP. I got the email and it was plenty straightforward enough for me.

I agree. It's better not to hash out every detail in the email. What an unfortunate situation. I also feel bad for the players, but it seems more effort could have been made to recruit more kids. There was nothing in the newsletter mentioning that more kids were needed. Instead it is assumed for most sports that space is limited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director didn’t collect the health forms and then faked last years forms were this years forms. And sounds like he brought some kids from other schools to join the team.

They got rid of that athletic director but now it’s really sad the kids lose out and don’t have a season.

And not a good look for the new principal for not being more straightforward- they don’t need to share all the details but they should be more straight to earn trust of the students and parents.

NP. I got the email and it was plenty straightforward enough for me.

I agree. It's better not to hash out every detail in the email. What an unfortunate situation. I also feel bad for the players, but it seems more effort could have been made to recruit more kids. There was nothing in the newsletter mentioning that more kids were needed. Instead it is assumed for most sports that space is limited.

Not to mention it appeared to me the team was already formed before school even started, so no real opportunity for new students or 6th graders to participate. I find it hard to believe there aren’t additional children who could round out this team. I don’t have a dog in this fight, my child is on cross country, but that team alone turned away 30+ students. There seems to be the appetite for sports but a lack of ability to accommodate or slot kids into available sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director didn’t collect the health forms and then faked last years forms were this years forms. And sounds like he brought some kids from other schools to join the team.

They got rid of that athletic director but now it’s really sad the kids lose out and don’t have a season.

And not a good look for the new principal for not being more straightforward- they don’t need to share all the details but they should be more straight to earn trust of the students and parents.

NP. I got the email and it was plenty straightforward enough for me.

I agree. It's better not to hash out every detail in the email. What an unfortunate situation. I also feel bad for the players, but it seems more effort could have been made to recruit more kids. There was nothing in the newsletter mentioning that more kids were needed. Instead it is assumed for most sports that space is limited.

Not to mention it appeared to me the team was already formed before school even started, so no real opportunity for new students or 6th graders to participate. I find it hard to believe there aren’t additional children who could round out this team. I don’t have a dog in this fight, my child is on cross country, but that team alone turned away 30+ students. There seems to be the appetite for sports but a lack of ability to accommodate or slot kids into available sports.

DCIAA now has a rule that there can be only 20 kids per sport. That means that big schools like Hardy and Deal wind up cutting most of the people who try out. This is especially unfortunate in things like cross country where more runners don't affect the outcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director didn’t collect the health forms and then faked last years forms were this years forms. And sounds like he brought some kids from other schools to join the team.

They got rid of that athletic director but now it’s really sad the kids lose out and don’t have a season.

And not a good look for the new principal for not being more straightforward- they don’t need to share all the details but they should be more straight to earn trust of the students and parents.

NP. I got the email and it was plenty straightforward enough for me.

I agree. It's better not to hash out every detail in the email. What an unfortunate situation. I also feel bad for the players, but it seems more effort could have been made to recruit more kids. There was nothing in the newsletter mentioning that more kids were needed. Instead it is assumed for most sports that space is limited.

Not to mention it appeared to me the team was already formed before school even started, so no real opportunity for new students or 6th graders to participate. I find it hard to believe there aren’t additional children who could round out this team. I don’t have a dog in this fight, my child is on cross country, but that team alone turned away 30+ students. There seems to be the appetite for sports but a lack of ability to accommodate or slot kids into available sports.

DCIAA now has a rule that there can be only 20 kids per sport. That means that big schools like Hardy and Deal wind up cutting most of the people who try out. This is especially unfortunate in things like cross country where more runners don't affect the outcome.

You obviously didn’t attend the cross country meet last week. The ES races - with teams that hadn’t yet been cut down - lasted as long as it took for some kids to do a slow walk around the course. More runners may not affect the outcome but it does make the meets very difficult to manage.