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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so glad there isn't. School sports teams serve so few kids. This place is competitive enough with sports and many "jocks" go around school belittling others. My kid doesn't need to put up with their inflated ego in elementary and middle. Save it till high school when at least you've proved yourself in a sport.[/quote]

The inflated egos still exist, whether or not public elementary and middle schools have sports teams. Its not just jocks vs. nerds. So, we move to a model where everyone gets on the team. No kid has to really try hard or strive hard to get on the team. What does that teach them? Even better, only the kids that can afford it play in the leagues.

Bullying is a separate issue all together. [/quote]

Everyone on a team teaches physical fitness. It is not necessary for everyone in the US to be an elite athlete or an athlete in all sports. What is even the proposal you are looking for them to do? Soccer and basketball teams for all schools and FCPS fronts the money for all teams regardless of how much they pay? Football is out because of injuries and many other sports like hockey and swimming and baseball require specific facilities. Schools already have track type programs that are of little cost if any and we already have bike and walk to school programs. I'm sure the businesses around Fairfax would rather just supplement the local soccer and basketball leagues to give scholarships which run sports much better than a school would.[/quote]

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