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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about this - for all you Churchill parents - the gym floor which many of your children have daily gym class let alone sports on is unsafe. That's right unsafe. Not been repaired (sanded, painted and re-coated) for more than 10 years. Multiple injuries that have not been widely publicized. Worst floor in the county. It costs $15-20k to fix it but the Churchill booster Club and administration would rather prioritize the scoreboard. I've got no problem with the scoreboard in principle but where are the priorities?[/quote]

Multiple injuries?  Please.  Varsity and JV basketball and volleyball is played on that floor.   Name the injuries and players involved.  Bet you can't.[/quote]

Bet I can. I won't name student names but if you ask a few of the coaches and gym teachers they can confirm. 2008-09 at least 3 concussions and a knee cartilage injury suffered from slipping on the floor. All non-contact. Also that year a serious ACL injury was suffered in a gym class again reportedly non-contact. 2009-10 several ankle sprains, a knee injury and at least one concussion again all non-contact. 2010-11 broken fibula from slipping again non-contact that should have resulted in a lawsuit but the parent didn't want to be in the position of suing Churchill/MCPS but was told he had a good case due to an earlier letter that was sent to MCPS detailing the unsafe floor condition. Again, these were detailed in writing to MCPS and Churchill administration. You don't want to go there - ask for MCPS to disclose the letter - it's all there. And that doesn't even cover any injuries in gym classes and other users I'm not aware of but which Churchill is required to keep records of - bet there are others. Ask any coach who has the worst gym floor in the county and I'll bet Churchill is everyone's top 3.[/quote]

Since when was MCPS about our children?  The Gazette reports that giving teachers TWO raises will leave little money for OUR children' s needs.  We have a superintendent who walks around claiming he is a social justice warrior while sending his kids to the best schools, running around with bodyguards, and pandering to the unions.

Since when did MCPS care about anything more than filling their pockets with our tax dollars?
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