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Posted: Thu Sep 11th, 2008 08:33 pm |
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Again, what's the big deal??
Aren't the "athletes" taking their regular classes during the time she "teaches" the one class ?
Class length is what 1 hour ?
Again, what's the big deal ??
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AFTER READING THROUGH THESE POSTS AGAIN, I felt the need to clarify some things. I did a little investigating and the results are as follows:
"Lake was the same school district that lowered the grade requirements so students could participate in sports as I recall last year, when parents complained so much."
*Lake Did not lower their grade requirements so students could participate in sports, they raised it. That is why the parents complain so much.
DIAA standards state that a student is NOT eligible if:
If you do not pursue a regular course of study and pass at least five credits per marking period (equivalent of four credits in junior high/middle school), two credits of which must be in the areas of Mathematics, Science, English, or Social Studies.* IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, YOU MUST PASS ALL COURSES WHICH SATISFY AN UNMET GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. (Reg. 1008.2.6.1; Reg. 1009.2.6.1)
*MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL’S PASSING GRADE IS A 65%. I personally got that number from a High School Teacher just yesterday.
Lakes passing grade is 70%. DIAA standards simply state "pass" 5 credits, two of which must be in the 4 core subjects per marking period to be eligible to play sports. Lake upped their district eligibility to passing w/a 70% in ALL classes and maintain a 75% across the board. Seems to me, Milford keeps their passing grade to a 65% to enable more students to be eligible to participate in sports not Lake!!!
"A trainer receives a stipend in addition to their regular salary for the services provided, just as coaches do including the time for Saturday events"*Lakes athletic trainer doesn’t get an extra stipend for performing any extra duties beyond her regular work day.
"This person may be drawing a teachers salary as compensation because the LF district can't afford to compensate her any other way. I'm sorry if that is the case it is bordering on theft of taxpayers money as far as I'm concerned."
*As far as how people are paid-teacher units must be used for all specialists in our district (ie. Gym, computer, art, library - elementary; then you have the reading and math curriculum specialists). These positions are taken from the teacher units. So if you have 5 positions in one school that is using these people as gym teachers, librarians, etc... you loose 5 classroom teachers. I don’t believe you would call that fraud! This happens year after year in most if not all districts.
"They are also part of a union contract, which I doubt a trainer is protected under."
*Lake’s athletic trainer is a district employee, therefore, she is covered under the districts contract-as all the specialists are.
"Teachers salaries are well deserved and well earned through continuing education which is mandated."
*The athletic trainer must obtain continuing education credits in her field to be certified as an athletic trainer. In fact, an athletic trainer has to have more continuing education credits than a teacher over a 5 year period to maintain their certification.
The question I have had still has not been "appropriately" answered:
What has changed from the previous year that would warrant the need for the athletic trainer to teach ONE class this year?
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Posted: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 02:52 am |
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We actually looked at a home in Harrington right on the Maryland border, but ended up here in Milford.....
I do agree with you more people need to become involved and speak up, attend public meetings, etc. People need to also realize it's fine to complain about issues, but they also need to offer up viable solutions to what they see as being problems or issues. I offered to help last year with an ongoing issue in Harrington within a neighborhood, everyone was great at complaining but the only solution they could come up with was pointing the finger and blaming each other for all the ongoing problems.....
I honestly don't have the answer for the trainer issue, and please believe me when I say as a parent of athletes I do understand your concerns. I think we are all in agreement something is suspect when the trainer is now being used to teach one class. The only logical explanation I can come up with (having served on a school committee, and knowing how a school district operates) is that this trainer has been paid as a "teacher" even though she was not teaching an actual academic class.
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| well i guess if you live in harrington town limits (which i don't) or within the lake district (i do); you wouldn't really know. there are always questions as to how money is handled in any district, thats a given-there's always questions!!! as for the town of harrington; it sounds like there are problems... big problems, and not just w/money but with how they treat their employees. you can complain until you're blue in the face; things won't get done unless enough people know about things that are going on and are willing to speak up (as stated before). These posts are meant to enlighten others, encourage them to speak up, send letters/emails to those in authority if they too have concerns. the more the better...its shows how many people are concerned! Last edited on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 07:56 pm by double deuce
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Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 01:40 pm |
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| With all Harrington's well publicized financial problems including allegations of misappropriations of funds, at almost every level including the rec league, similar school district issues wouldn't surprise me in the least. Last edited on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 01:46 pm by Bluesman
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| LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 12:00 pm |
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What points am I missing?
According to DIAA the trainer only needs to be present for football.
You (parents who think she is necessary for all sporting events) are trying to get a fulltime trainer for all athletes. You want other teachers to pick up the slack for this trainer and take the one class she is currently teaching. Why, so that a few select students (athletes) can receive a trainers care paid for by Harrington taxpayers, or so that you as an athletes parent wouldn't be inconvienced as you so eloquently posted on Aug 29th:
"if it hadn't been for the trainer providing the services needed for my child, i would have had to pick them up, take them to our doctor for the care and then returned them to the field OR not played... get it ?"
Again GOD forbid............ an athlete gets injured during the game and has to sit out the remainder, it happens plenty of times its part of being an athlete and part of the game.
This person may be drawing a teachers salary as compensation because the LF district can't afford to compensate her any other way. I'm sorry if that is the case it is bordering on theft of taxpayers money as far as I'm concerned. Teachers salaries are well deserved and well earned through continuing education which is mandated. They are also part of a union contract, which I doubt a trainer is protected under.
That is why I have stated what I did. My perspective explains the sudden need for this woman to teach one class.
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Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 11:33 am |
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| again...you're totally missing some points here...
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Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 02:42 am |
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double deuce wrote: bluesman: obviously you don't have kids in the Lake district and are not familiar with whats been going on the past few years. so obviously, you don't understand where the concern of the parents lay. no one said anything about sports being more important than education. I believe Lake has a tougher eligibility requirement than most other schools in the area; so even though I don't agree with the higher eligibility in this district; it goes to show that Lake raised its standard.
If you were at the game, you would have noticed that there were pre-game stretches and warm-ups. Maybe our players weren't being reminded to hydrate more; that may be why they started cramping. Either way, a coaches job is to COACH. They do not have the qualifications of an Athletic Trainer; they are not trained or required or ALLOWED to attend to Health and Safety issues. Yes, parents sign a waiver to not sue the school; but if a trainer is on staff, that person should be allowed to "teach" our athletes how to maintain their health and safety during practice and games!
and just how could it be that there may not be another teacher available to teach her ONE class? maybe thats one for the school to answer!
How this trainer is paid, is not a concern to me. Education is first and athletes health and safety are second! I do believe that a person should not be expected work beyond their regular work hours and not be paid... In all fairness, if you were a trainer and was asked to teach a class at 12:00-your work day would end at 7:30; what would you do for football games, basketball games, wrestling matches, track invitationals held on saturdays...??? (now mind you, these are all after a normal work day ending at 7:30) not attend, and let the kids and coaches worry about injuries, etc.? Could you do that to the kids you care about?
Re-read the second post in this blog made by local worker, quoted here:
"I can't believe that we need to take the athletic trainer off of the fields for all our children, to teach one class. Come on Lake Forest, this is not even funny. we want her to come in at noon teach a class and then stay until 10 at night to cover the games. She needs to be there for all the sports! These are our kids! I wouldn't want to be the parent that has a child that suffers an injury and she's not available because she's worked to many hours in the week from teaching. If it is mine, trust me someone will hear about it!"
No I don't have children in the Lake district, but we did have 4 children 2 girls, 2 boys, all of whom played sports in high school and college. I played sports in high school and college as well. Please don't try and snow me that a coach can't advise his team to stay hydrated or lead pre game stretches.
I've never disputed with you what a coaches job is so you are preaching to the choir.
You made the allegation that there are other teachers who could teach this class that the trainer has to, so back up your claim is all I am asking.
As a taxpayer it should concern you where your tax dollars are going for the education. If I was a taxpayer in Harrington and my taxes possibly were in part paying for a "trainer" who is possibly being compensated via a teachers salary for her responsibilities and duties as an athletic "trainer" I would be more than upset. There is enough misappropriation of educational funding as it is without compounding it with something as potentially egregious as this.
If education is first as you claim then why do you keep trying to say her job as a trainer is more important than this one class she has to teach. To justify her status you have even gone as far as to say she is "teaching" the athletes if they get injured, please .....she is advising them just as a parent or nurse or doctor would.
The same advice anyone of us gets when we seek medical attention. Calling her instructions to an athlete "teaching" and making it sound equivelent to what a "real" teacher does on any given day is rediculous.
A trainer receives a stipend in addition to their regular salary for the services provided, just as coaches do including the time for Saturday events.
BTW a coach can in fact be trainer as well, Milford High School head football coach Mike Tkach serves in both capacities.
As someone also already stated as well, according to DIAA a trainer is only required for football not other sports. You got your answer from the school they are going by the state requirements.
We did care about our children that's why we never missed a game when they played and we were always attentive enough to remind our children to stay hydrated, helped them with pregame stretching, and after game treatments if required.
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Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 12:47 am |
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bluesman: obviously you don't have kids in the Lake district and are not familiar with whats been going on the past few years. so obviously, you don't understand where the concern of the parents lay. no one said anything about sports being more important than education. I believe Lake has a tougher eligibility requirement than most other schools in the area; so even though I don't agree with the higher eligibility in this district; it goes to show that Lake raised its standard.
If you were at the game, you would have noticed that there were pre-game stretches and warm-ups. Maybe our players weren't being reminded to hydrate more; that may be why they started cramping. Either way, a coaches job is to COACH. They do not have the qualifications of an Athletic Trainer; they are not trained or required or ALLOWED to attend to Health and Safety issues. Yes, parents sign a waiver to not sue the school; but if a trainer is on staff, that person should be allowed to "teach" our athletes how to maintain their health and safety during practice and games!
and just how could it be that there may not be another teacher available to teach her ONE class? maybe thats one for the school to answer!
How this trainer is paid, is not a concern to me. Education is first and athletes health and safety are second! I do believe that a person should not be expected work beyond their regular work hours and not be paid... In all fairness, if you were a trainer and was asked to teach a class at 12:00-your work day would end at 7:30; what would you do for football games, basketball games, wrestling matches, track invitationals held on saturdays...??? (now mind you, these are all after a normal work day ending at 7:30) not attend, and let the kids and coaches worry about injuries, etc.? Could you do that to the kids you care about?
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Posted: Mon Sep 8th, 2008 10:16 pm |
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double deuce wrote: I agree that this is a legislative/DIAA/DOE concern; but my question is why did Lake have to have the Athletic Trainer teach ONE class this year? She is not the only person qualified to teach that particular class, and there are other teachers who HAVE the time to teach it... a few years back Lake REALIZED how VALUABLE our trainer is to our athletes, and did not need her to teach classes, but to concentrate on keeping our athletes healthy. They don't NEED her to teach ONE class now; so why are they taking time away from her care for our athletes this year? What has changed? I've asked administration, and they respond with the DIAA reuqirement. that didn't answer my question. I encourage other concerned parents to inquire as to what has changed this year...and voice their concerns too! We had a lot of players "cramping up" at last night's football game; whats up with that? our athletes safety and health are not monitored as closely as in the past because the trainer's hours are limited now. The other team didn't seem to have any problems. and lets not bring the coaches into this, we can't bash them, they are not qualified to provide the care of an athletic trainer.
You really don't get it do you. The primary concern for public schools is to educate the students who attend. Sports is no different than any other extra curricular activity whether its art, theater, marching band, etc, and takes (as it should) a second seat to education.
Kids cramping up, why because they didn't do pregame stretches, that's not the trainers responsibility or job. Most teams have pregame warmups led by the captain or co captians of the team.
I would suggest you closely read the waiver that you signed allowing your child to play sports. Most waivers have a disclaimer preventing parents from suing the school should their child be injured while participating in an extracurricular activity.
How do you know that there are "other teachers" that have the time to teach this particular class ?
No one including you has explained how this trainer is paid, my guess is she is still in the district system as a teacher, and paid accordingly, which as I previously mentioned is fraud, if the trainer is in fact NOT teaching.
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Posted: Sat Sep 6th, 2008 05:55 pm |
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| I agree that this is a legislative/DIAA/DOE concern; but my question is why did Lake have to have the Athletic Trainer teach ONE class this year? She is not the only person qualified to teach that particular class, and there are other teachers who HAVE the time to teach it... a few years back Lake REALIZED how VALUABLE our trainer is to our athletes, and did not need her to teach classes, but to concentrate on keeping our athletes healthy. They don't NEED her to teach ONE class now; so why are they taking time away from her care for our athletes this year? What has changed? I've asked administration, and they respond with the DIAA reuqirement. that didn't answer my question. I encourage other concerned parents to inquire as to what has changed this year...and voice their concerns too! We had a lot of players "cramping up" at last night's football game; whats up with that? our athletes safety and health are not monitored as closely as in the past because the trainer's hours are limited now. The other team didn't seem to have any problems. and lets not bring the coaches into this, we can't bash them, they are not qualified to provide the care of an athletic trainer. Last edited on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 07:07 pm by double deuce
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| The DIAA sets the standard for which sport requires a athletic trainer - football only. This is not a LFHS issue, its a legislature and DOE issue. Until they see the value in having a AT for ALL sports, our kids will not get the attention they deserve.
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| from comments i've heard around the community, its sounds like the sport of football is the concern for having the trainer available for. i agree the trainer needs to be present for all football games; but she also needs to be present after school to provide her services for all atheletes no matter what sport. the trainer should also be available for all practices and all sports home games; hockey-a lake player's nose was broken; soccer-a players shoulder was broken; along with all the ankle issues, dehydration, and concussions, etc. etc.... not to mention what the speed of a baseball hitting a player in a vulnerable spot can do. what will end up happening is a player will be seriously hurt while the trainer sits home because her hours have ended for the day/week and her superiors say she's not needed past those hours allotted each week. what is the administration/board thinking; our athletes health and safety are not important? if so, look out for lawsuits... again, not to bash coaches-but they DO NOT have the expertice of an athletic trainer; and should not be administering any type of medical care in place of an athletic trainer or doctor; but it does and will continue to happen. if you want to put your childs safety in the hands of someone not qualified, thats your choice. if not, send your complaints to mr. fill-assistance principal or one of the other superiors. if you don't hear back from them, continue to hound them until you do. if not satisfied, then join forces with other parents and go to the board. Last edited on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 03:47 pm by double deuce
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you're not getting the point! i am sure if you had a student athelete in the lake forest school district, you would surely see where we are coming from. the way i see it; my children's safety is as important as their education. if my child earns the privelege to participate in sports, they deserve the privelege of our trainer's expertice at the times warranted.
i don't what you're talking about lake not having any postings. WTC middle school alone had 9 positions to fill; as well as vacant positions else where in the district. you must have been looking at some other schools postings.
the trainer was initially hired primarily for the trainer certification. she taught several classes for 1-2 years and the district realized her importance to our childrens safety in sports. they didn't have to hire another person to do cover her classes then; they had other teacher(s) qualfied to pick up her classes w/no problems. so whats the difference this year, why does she have to teach a class when there have been other teachers teaching the classes??? there is certainly not a lack of qualified teachers.
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Our daughter just graduated from Milford this year and my wife taught their briefly Milford's passing grade is not 60-65 as you claim it is 70 in all classes, including exploratory subjects such as foriegn languages.
I don't know where you heard there were plenty of postings Lake had for positions because they didn't have any, except for one foriegn language position that opened up.
Why are they going to require this trainer to teach ?
Because she was hired initially as a teacher, not a trainer, there is big difference in benefits and salary.
What standards for teachers?
Teachers are mandated by the state to meet a number of criteria yearly to maintain their teaching certification, if they don't they loose it, that's not district requirements.
You put way to much emphasis on sports, over education. What's not fair is you think that athletes are more important or deserving than the students this woman teaches in that one class.
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when staying late for a nite game (for instance) til 10:30 for a football game, go back 7.5 hours and that is 3:00. lakes day ends at 2:35. so, for instance; the trainer teaches a class at 12:00; she'd be off the clock by 7:30. football games start at 7:30. let me also explain, there are also saturday games, such as cross country and football... her days were staggered to allow her time to cover all sports during practice and nite games. there is also, all the paperwork that goes along with monitoring injured children and getting the okay from the doctor for a student to return to play; making sure al atheletes have current physicals each year; daily record keeping of students she sees, supply inventory, etc. etc. etc... how someone teaches with a work load llike that is beyond me. I wouldn't expect her to work all the time and not get paid.... and i doubt lake would give her overtime pay!
Lake didn't lower their grade requirements, they upped them! the board of education requires a certain standard to be eligible to participate in extra-curricular activities. DIAA standards state that an athelete must pass 3 of 4 main classes and any classes that are needed to pass to the next grade (this is not word for word, but close enough). Lakes passing grade is a 70; which they raised their requirement that students must have a 75% (C) in all classes to participate WITH an average of 70 in each class; even tho their passing grade for a class is 70. Now compare that to Milford, who's passing grade is a 60 or 65. So that means a student at Milford who has a 65 may participate; where as Lake students who have a 65 cannot... they put some "cop outs" in this year when it was revised, but not much. they raised the standards for our children, but didn't raise their standards for their teachers (not all teachers, but quite a few)
I doubt that Lake can honestly tell us that they have NO other person available to teach this class... thats whats not fair. i don't believe they laid off any teachers district wide, there has been plenty of postings for jobs. so why after 3-4 years are they now going to require the trainer to teach a class, when they do know how valuable this trainer is to the district?
and just for the record, last year lake doomed their students from the get-go. Not only did they raise their standards for eligibility, they enforced a new dress code in august, and went from block scheduling to a 7 class day. Thats quite a lot to enforce in one year..... believe me, they are more worried what our children wear to school and who they can bust for stupid things, even some of the teachers at the HS were getting quite irritated in all the fuss with the dress code. if they had enforced the one they had they wouldn't need a new one... and you should have seen their discipline records for last year.... quite surprising compared to previous years
i don't care about professional play; how many schools in delaware can boast that anyway!
i had a doctor tell me that my child needed to have a licensed person apply wrap before they were to practice or play any game... when i inquired if the coaches would do care of this, he said absolutely not! Coaches are not licensed to provide any prescribed medical care. if it hadn't been for the trainer providing the services needed for my child, i would have had to pick them up, take them to our doctor for the care and then returned them to the field OR not played... get it?
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I'm well aware of the role of a sports trainer Milford has one also plus teaches (and not just one class). What sports go on during the regular school hours that this woman wouldn't be able to attend ?
My wife teaches and has been for 7 years there are times that she leaves at 6 AM and doesn't get home until well after 10 PM and it has never interfered with her job performance.
Lake was the same school district that lowered the grade requirements so students could participate in sports as I recall last year, when parents complained so much.
How many athletes that have graduated from Lake have gone on to play professionally ? How many get sports scholarships to college ?
Sports is an extra curricular activity. I'm not questioning this teacher/trainer I'm questioning the logic of parents who feel sports and this educators role in them takes precedent over her role as an educator.
I would be very curious to see if Lake is taking advantage of the system and has this "trainer" listed as a teacher and she is getting a teachers salary in addition to her "trainers" compensation. I would be willing to bet if the school district hired someone to teach the one class she does, everyone would be up in arms about that as well.
Education enables young adults to gain the tools necessary to mature into a productive adult member of society, and provides them with the knowledge to get a good job earning decent wages, not sports.
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let me give you a little back ground on the trainer. When Lake hired her, she did teach sports medicine classes. the district soon realized her importance to their atheletes. She then became strictly a trainer. To have her teach one class, i don't think its worth the risk to our athletes. you can go to the district and ask to see her daily sign in sheets from the last few years; those sheets will tell the story... not only does she wrap kids for their shin splints, ankle supports, wrists supports... she also monitors the kids who are injured and require a doctors note to return to play; she's at EVERY (sport) home game-if there are 3 games going on at home at once, you will see her at each one and always has her walkie talkie and cell phone on her; and she was usually one of the last people to leave school after all practices were done for the day. She is a mentor to our students, a person to lend our students an ear while she's tending to them, I seriously doubt you'd find a student who doesn't like her. She is a person who loves her job working with the kids and protecting from further injuries... I bet she puts in more time than any other teacher at the high school; and as far as I am concerned she is teaching while she is working as a "trainer"... she teaches our kids that if an injury is tended to correctly you may not miss a whole season, she teaches our kids that if there is a slightest doubt about an injury, get further medical advice, she teaches our kids the importance of knowing a slight ache or pain-if tended to immediately may not evolve into something serious...
I could go on, but I hope that gives you a better picture 
and YES, i believe that education comes first. kids who work hard at school earn the chance to participate in extracurricular activities. The trainer provides our students with her expertise in the sports medicine field-to take some of that time away to teach just ONE class doesn't make sense.
and I (like localworker) would be very upset if my child was injured and not treated correctly at the time of the injury. i am not bashing coaches, but they do not have the expertise of a trainer.
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LocalWorker wrote: Bluesman, try not to take it out of context. I'm just saying this, if that class needs to be taught by her then why couldn't they make it closer to the end of the day. I'm fully aware that the kids are there for education, and yes sports are an extra but we should protect these kids with medical care.
I didn't take it out of context education comes first period. I think ypu made your stance pretty clear with the statement you made:
"I wouldn't want to be the parent that has a child that suffers an injury and she's not available because she's worked to many hours in the week from teaching. If it is mine, trust me someone will hear about it!"
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 04:28 pm |
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| Bluesman, try not to take it out of context. I'm just saying this, if that class needs to be taught by her then why couldn't they make it closer to the end of the day. I'm fully aware that the kids are there for education, and yes sports are an extra but we should protect these kids with medical care.
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 03:55 pm |
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LocalWorker wrote: I can't believe that we need to take the athletic trainer off of the fields for all our children, to teach one class. Come on Lake Forest, this is not even funny. we want her to come in at noon teach a class and then stay until 10 at night to cover the games. She needs to be there for all the sports! These are our kids! I wouldn't want to be the parent that has a child that suffers an injury and she's not available because she's worked to many hours in the week from teaching. If it is mine, trust me someone will hear about it!
GOD FORBID !!!!!! The trainer is teaching a class, and educating children.
That's what school is for education sports are an extra curricular activity.
Last edited on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 03:56 pm by Bluesman
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 01:25 pm |
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| I can't believe that we need to take the athletic trainer off of the fields for all our children, to teach one class. Come on Lake Forest, this is not even funny. we want her to come in at noon teach a class and then stay until 10 at night to cover the games. She needs to be there for all the sports! These are our kids! I wouldn't want to be the parent that has a child that suffers an injury and she's not available because she's worked to many hours in the week from teaching. If it is mine, trust me someone will hear about it!
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 01:17 pm |
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| does anyone know why the atheletic trainer at Lake has not been as accessible this pre-season? a trainer should be available to all players at all times to monitor players who have been injured and their return to play. a trainer needs to be available too, for injuries as they happen. it seems that no one knows just exactly what is up w/lake, but the trainer not being easily accessible, is not a wise decision of admiinistraton.
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