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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. shame on them for following the rules as stipulated.

Don't like the rules. Talk to the APS School Board. Otherwise, I'm sorry our daughter wasn't good enough. That is life.[/quote]

Yeah, the ire at the coaches seems misplaced.  The coaches are charged with fielding a team, and of course they want the best team possible.  [/quote]

It depends if that is in their job description - win at all costs. That may be the case for a Premier league football manager or a college basketball coach. For a public school not seeking applicants or donations or commercial sponsorship, the job description could conceivably be to promote fitness and team building skills. If they want to win at all costs, why don't they get a job in a more competitive league than jv high school?[/quote]

Who is talking about job descriptions?  I said they want the best team possible.  They coach at that high school because (obviously, or so I thought) they teach at that school, like the sport, like the kids, and want a little extra income.  Are you suggesting that they should quite their teaching jobs and chase their dreams of becoming volleyball coaches?

Look, I think this rule stinks and should be changed, or modified, as PPs have suggested, to read that 8th graders aren't eligible unless the school can't field a team of eligible high schoolers.  But what you, and others, are suggesting is that coaches should from the beginning disregard part of the pool of eligible kids for their teams because other kids should have priority.  And more than that, that the coaches have done wrong by not doing so this year.  Some of them may do that - but it's an unreasonable ask or requirement to lay on them.   [/quote]

People have already responded here that the coaches often come from clubs and are not necessarily teachers, and that they sometimes show preference for the kids they coach at clubs.

Math teachers dont get to say "I only want the best kids possible" - they have to teach different levels. Why wouldn't a coach have a job description?  How could they apply for a job without a job description.[/quote]

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