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Analysis Of Dundee Central School Board Of Education Meeting

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On May 11, 2017, Dundee Central School had a Board of Education meeting. Nine members were in attendance. The main focal point of the meeting was student Athletics. Member Kelly Houck brought up that student Athletics are becoming an issue with attendance. Less and less kids are participating in sports. She stressed that this was not a budget issue, it was a capacity issue. Dundee Central School offered eleven sports this 2016-2017 school year. Naples school, who has one more student than Dundee,, offered six. This year was a struggle to put teams together and creates an unsafe environment. Kelly Houck decided that they need to cut some of the sports in order for Dundee to grow. Deciding what sports should stay and what should go was not …show more content…

It was suggested that they only get rid of fall and spring sports to start with this year but Houck dismissed that idea because it would not be fair to the other seasons. After much discussion, it was decided that Wrestling and Cheerleading would stay and Bowling would be cut. The Spring season was a little easier than winter but not as easy as fall. This year Dundee offered Track and Field, Baseball/Softball, and the new sport Trapshooting. The obvious choices to keep would be Track and field and Baseball/Softball but many members are wary about getting rid of a sport that just started, also it does not affect other sports because it is held on Sundays. They believe that they did not give Trapshooting enough time to grow before cutting it and many members believe it to be unfair. The problem with Trap is that there is little competition for it around here and how to picture them in the yearbook if you cannot show guns. It was debated if they were allowed to have guns in their hands and it was loosely decided that there would be one gun in the front of the group picture but that is it. The Athletic issue is not set in stone but will probably end up like the above describes. It is saddening that bowling will be cut, many people work hard year-round to accomplish what they do in Bowling. It is a sport that Dundee is skilled in and many people will be angered and upset at the news. I believe it is a mistake to take all of these sports out at once,

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