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PA: Palmerton, Parents, students, and coaches are rallying to save sports in the their school district.02-May-2011 WFMZ-TV, Allentown, Pa |
| Parents, students, and coaches are rallying to save sports in the their school district.
The Palmerton Area School District wants to cut six sports programs and several extracurricular activities to save money. Travis Wolf said he's a three sport athlete at Palmerton Area High School, but if wrestling is cut, the junior could very well be reduced to a two sport star during his senior year. "It sucks because we had our best season last year," Wolf said. To close a budget gap, the school district in Carbon County said it wants to cut soccer, cross country, swimming, tennis, golf, and wrestling and one sport at the junior high. The district said the move would cut its $400,000 a year sports budget in half. "Everyone pretty upset about it because it's a good thing to do after school," said Wolf. Superintendent Carol Boyce said more than $1 million in cuts, which include staff and other extracurricular activities, have already been made to balance the budget. She said the tough decision stems from the loss of state dollars. Hundreds of students, parents and coaches protested the plan Monday night. "If we don't give kids options of things to do, it can very easily lead to bad choices for a lot of kids," said event organizer Eric Strohl. If the six sports are cut, the district may be kicked out of the Colonial Athletic League. "It's devastating. I would hate to see Palmerton asked to leave," said Bryan Geist, league president, who added that it would be a first for the league. Geist said league rules require all schools to have at least a 70 percent participation. Palmerton would be at 50 percent. Remaining teams, such as football, would be forced to play as independents and have to find their own teams to play. "Would require them to travel more, which would increase expenses," Geist said. Boyce said the district is trying to keep things balanced and some art and music classes would still be offered, however, that is of little consolation for those like Wolf. "How can you just do that to students?" he asked. Copyright 2011 WFMZ. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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