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[quote]I would never make such a stupid statement.      But  [b]no-one [/b]has said that any teenagers were abused (e.g. sexual advances or physical force used) by coaches at Churchill.

(BTW, my teenager has friends on the team who also seem quite happy.   Its a great group of kids.)  [/quote]

[quote]I don't think the track program should be interrupted because a parent has grudges against the coaches.[/quote]

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It might well be that rules about driving were broken.   I am not privy  that information.   But it does seem that there is no discussion of car pools with the coaches this year.     And the [b]coaches seem to be supplying more information about detecting signs of abuse. [/b]      So if the coaches are now following the rules by the letter, it seems like a win-win situation, and you can end your obsessive complaints in  this forum.   Congratulations![/quote]

[quote]It depends on the context.   For example, the buses drive the kids from Churchill to the meet, and then drive them home after the meet.     But yes I could have been more explicit about my teenager being driven back to Churchill after the meet.     (I only wrote one sentence about the incident.)

[b]BTW, this happened more than a year ago.  [/b][/quote]

PP - I have kids on other teams at Churchill.  The coaches on the other teams never drive the kids.  The coaches on the other teams do not text the kids.  The coaches on the other teams do not give individual athletes something that is not given to all the athletes.  Normally what is given out to all the athletes is organized by parent volunteers, not the coach.  BTW - the track coaches also asked for parents to write them checks, something other coaches at the school seem to know not to do and is considered a serious financial offense in MCPS because of the ability to commit fraud.  The checks are traceable so there is evidence that this happened.

I find it odd that you are still back peddling to support coaches that had a long list of problems.  Now you specify that the coach who drove your child home from a meet did that more than a year ago so before he was disciplined for driving individual children alone in his car.  I find it also odd that you are reporting that the coaches are supplying more information about detecting signs of abuse.  How pray tell are they doing this for parents or did your child say they are doing this in practice?  Again, this is not being done on the teams my children are associated with so it seems like an odd comment to make.

As a parent, I would be concerned about past offenses that the school knows occurred but has kept silent and the coaches remain in place.  I would be concerned that potentially these men have hurt children, maybe not your daughter, but another child.  I wouldn't want my child on a team with men that have disregarded the rules in the past because I love my children and would want to protect them from harm.

The only person with an agenda seems to be someone trying to protect his job.  You do not sound like a parent and your story has the need for so many clarifications that it comes across as false.[/quote]

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