Football field needs replacement

[Anonymous]

Dangerous conditions on Gaithersburg field

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/09/breaking-gaithersburg-high-school-field.html?m=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dangerous conditions on Gaithersburg field

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/09/breaking-gaithersburg-high-school-field.html?m=1

Isn't the parent's coalition, not exactly a credible or unbiased source?

[Anonymous]

It's also not a coalition, and not a current MCPS parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dangerous conditions on Gaithersburg field

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/09/breaking-gaithersburg-high-school-field.html?m=1

Isn't the parent's coalition, not exactly a credible or unbiased source?

No totally credible, obviously the school is covering up dozens of deaths related to the field

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dangerous conditions on Gaithersburg field

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/09/breaking-gaithersburg-high-school-field.html?m=1

Isn't the parent's coalition, not exactly a credible or unbiased source?

Don’t click on the document. It is a MCPS report and they are notoriously inaccurate. McKnight lies all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dangerous conditions on Gaithersburg field

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/09/breaking-gaithersburg-high-school-field.html?m=1

I know! Football fields should be the highest priority! Far more important to the kids than silly things like math.

[Anonymous]

What about the Bocce pitch?

[Anonymous]

I feel like the schools in the DMV haven't invested nearly enough in athletic facilities given the quality of athletes the area has produced.
Look at what they build and do down in Texas. With the way elite colleges value sports now (see the data from the Harvard case), it would be a good investment college matriculation wise too!

[Anonymous]

Too many fields and too much of over-use (with extra large schools, so way more kids than ever intended in the space), and MCPS can not keep up. This is why our fields are in such crappy condition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many fields and too much of over-use (with extra large schools, so way more kids than ever intended in the space), and MCPS can not keep up. This is why our fields are in such crappy condition

Wrong. The whole point of artificial turf is that it coukd be used 24/7. That is why the Board loves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dangerous conditions on Gaithersburg field

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/09/breaking-gaithersburg-high-school-field.html?m=1

I know! Football fields should be the highest priority! Far more important to the kids than silly things like math.

How many kids are disabled by maths?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about the Bocce pitch?

Compare how much money bocce brings in vs football and report back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about the Bocce pitch?

You mean the gym. Bocce is played indoors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about the Bocce pitch?

Compare how much money bocce brings in vs football and report back.

Vs cost to put on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dangerous conditions on Gaithersburg field

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/09/breaking-gaithersburg-high-school-field.html?m=1

Isn't the parent's coalition, not exactly a credible or unbiased source?

It's not just the source, but the quality of the reporting. The blog post doesn't explain where they got the idea that a fall "will cause death" or under what circumstances that's the case. Would a random fall cause death? Or just a bone cracking tackle? If the latter, how much would a grass field have mitigated that risk, or is it just the tackle that is the problem?

There's no nearly enough information here amidst the snark to understand whether this is a real issue or not.