Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. April 19 2017. Rich Middle School students want a girl’s track team. Principal Kip Motta used it as a learning
experience by having student body officers Zoey Dean and McKenzi Smith develop
a proposal. The Student Council got supporters
signatures and come with a proposal.
Smith and Dean said that most of the middle schools in the
district have track teams. A team would
give individuals an opportunity to compete when there are no other extracurricular
activities during the spring. They had 96
signatures from the students and teachers.
Motta said, “Advocating is very important for these students
to experience. They spent a lot of time
preparing. They have a price sheet for
uniforms and equipment. There is a cost of coaches, travel and equipment. As principal
the positives are keeping kids involved.
This provides another opportunity to keep academically motivated by
athletics.”
“Supporting this could build a foundation for the high school
track program. A negative is that many
students are in spring basketball programs and this would compete, dance and
cheerleader tryouts are the same time. If you approve the track team, then we
might cancel those things. It would be something for next year not this
year. There would have to be scheduling
changes for other sports.”
The School Board will take it under advisement.
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