Deal basketball tryouts

[Anonymous]

If we view middle school sports as a part of a well rounded education and something that everyone should have a chance to do, then at a a school with 1400 students, you must have multiple teams. However, there is only one gym.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we view middle school sports as a part of a well rounded education and something that everyone should have a chance to do, then at a a school with 1400 students, you must have multiple teams. However, there is only one gym.

There are plenty of middle schools with 1400 kids and only 1 team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we view middle school sports as a part of a well rounded education and something that everyone should have a chance to do, then at a a school with 1400 students, you must have multiple teams. However, there is only one gym.

I agree with this.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone heard from the basketball coaches?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we view middle school sports as a part of a well rounded education and something that everyone should have a chance to do, then at a a school with 1400 students, you must have multiple teams. However, there is only one gym.

There are plenty of middle schools with 1400 kids and only 1 team.

And that is a shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the turnout for the girls tryouts the same as boys? I heard there were 40+ 8th grade boys today with another tryout tomorrow for 6th and 7th graders.

No - because the girls were told that Deal has no problem having a title ix violation and they are only having 1 girls BB team - but Deal has the ability to have 2 boys BB teams. The girls were told the reason is there is not enough gym space for both the girls and the boys.

There are enough deal parents with law licenses and/or money that someone will file suit if there is actually a case

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the turnout for the girls tryouts the same as boys? I heard there were 40+ 8th grade boys today with another tryout tomorrow for 6th and 7th graders.

No - because the girls were told that Deal has no problem having a title ix violation and they are only having 1 girls BB team - but Deal has the ability to have 2 boys BB teams. The girls were told the reason is there is not enough gym space for both the girls and the boys.

There are enough deal parents with law licenses and/or money that someone will file suit if there is actually a case

There’s a girls’ volleyball team. Is that the justification/balance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the turnout for the girls tryouts the same as boys? I heard there were 40+ 8th grade boys today with another tryout tomorrow for 6th and 7th graders.

No - because the girls were told that Deal has no problem having a title ix violation and they are only having 1 girls BB team - but Deal has the ability to have 2 boys BB teams. The girls were told the reason is there is not enough gym space for both the girls and the boys.

There are enough deal parents with law licenses and/or money that someone will file suit if there is actually a case

They are only having one boy team this year. PP is being dramatic for no reason.

[Anonymous]

you don't need a lawyer - you can file a Title IX complaint with the DCPS Title IX coordinator https://dcps.dc.gov/page/meet-title-ix-team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we view middle school sports as a part of a well rounded education and something that everyone should have a chance to do, then at a a school with 1400 students, you must have multiple teams. However, there is only one gym.

I agree with this.

You guys have probably never tried to find gum space for a team to practice. I’ve coached middle school and travel teams, and I assure you that it’s an absolute nightmare - just for team practices, not to mention all of the training kids are supposed to be doing on their own. I had kid working out on unlit courts at 11:00 PM six days a week. It’s a mess.

For practices for the school team, we had DCPS schedule games in our gym for other schools that didn’t have space, we had the principal schedule events with no notice in the gym during our practices, and we had to share time between boys and girls basketball, volleyball and baseball in the spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we view middle school sports as a part of a well rounded education and something that everyone should have a chance to do, then at a a school with 1400 students, you must have multiple teams. However, there is only one gym.

I agree with this.

You guys have probably never tried to find gum space for a team to practice. I’ve coached middle school and travel teams, and I assure you that it’s an absolute nightmare - just for team practices, not to mention all of the training kids are supposed to be doing on their own. I had kid working out on unlit courts at 11:00 PM six days a week. It’s a mess.

For practices for the school team, we had DCPS schedule games in our gym for other schools that didn’t have space, we had the principal schedule events with no notice in the gym during our practices, and we had to share time between boys and girls basketball, volleyball and baseball in the spring.

See the unbolded part of the sentence. We know that's the problem. One Gym for 1400 students has also been a huge problem for PE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you don't need a lawyer - you can file a Title IX complaint with the DCPS Title IX coordinator https://dcps.dc.gov/page/meet-title-ix-team

What exactly is the complaint to file?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard from the basketball coaches?

There’s a call-back Monday after school for all grades for final cuts.

[Anonymous]

Any idea how many girls tried out and how many got invited to the call backs?

[Anonymous]

They need to build more schools and redraw boundaries.