Brainerd Hockey on Life Support.....

BlueGoose5 · Post by **BlueGoose5** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:36 am

A lot of these school districts will put specific sports and other services such as bus transportation and smaller class sizes on the chopping block when wanting to pass a referendum. Why, because the sting of these decisions will immediately capture the public's attention.

You hardly ever see proposals to cut administrative positions or their salaries because no one could give a rip, and besides, these supposed school leaders are, in many cases, self serving to protect their own behinds.

What's going on is nothing new. In cutting sports, the school administrators and board are creating a new sport of playing games with the kids' games.

BTW, many kids learn more about life from a good coach and competing with discipline and integrity in a sport than they ever will in the classroom.

goldy313 · Post by **goldy313** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:06 am

packerboy wrote: Sure goldy, there is a real big time connection going on between our communities and schools in the outstate area....in your dreams.

Wow, that's very possibly the most ignorant statement made on this "bored" in quite some time.

fan4life · Post by **fan4life** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:36 am

BlueGoose5 wrote:BTW, many kids learn more about life from a good coach and competing with discipline and integrity in a sport than they ever will in the classroom.

They also learn teamwork and the fact that nothing is handed to them on a silver plater. If they don't, life has a real nasty way of teaching these ideals itself.

Extra-curricular activities, in general, keeps kids out of trouble. Cutting them is a short-term fix for a long-term problem and it starts from the very top of our so-called government.

Can't Never Tried · Post by **Can't Never Tried** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:45 pm

Indian Head · Post by **Indian Head** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:47 pm

It was announced today that Warrior Way has reached their fundraising goal of $220,000. This should allow for all sports be in place for the next 2 years. Lookout Spuds and Rams here we come.

Hillhockey000 · Post by **Hillhockey000** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:45 pm

I don't know much about all this schoolboard deelio and whatnot but all I know is that I feel really bad for all the kids my age up in Brainard that they have to go through all this...

darkdemon · Post by **darkdemon** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:27 am

Good job Brainerd. Now pass the next referendum instead of being so greedy and give some of your money to the kids and their education.

Can't Never Tried · Post by **Can't Never Tried** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:34 am

darkdemon wrote:Good job Brainerd. Now pass the next referendum instead of being so greedy and give some of your money to the kids and their education.

I'm happy for Brainerd but...
I would make sure that there is a large crowd at all school board meetings from here out, now that they've threatened, and the people came thru with the $, make sure they do exactly what they said they would do.
You'd be suprised how things get shifted around in those meeting when the public is not there to keep them in check.
That goes for all districts.

PASTRAPIDSFAN · Post by **PASTRAPIDSFAN** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:19 pm

Well done Brainerd

ap4mvp · Post by **ap4mvp** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:10 pm

Good Job

Already looking forward to the next warrior/flyer game

greenway1969 · Post by **greenway1969** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:31 pm

It's great to see that Brainerd hockey will survive. The school boards always play the "cut athletics" card when in a budget crisis. They know that the community will raise large amounts of money to keep athletics going. This underhanded maneuver by the school board and superintendent always allows them to escape the responsibility of the mess they have created. I could go on at nauseum about how
inadequate the public school system is, but that belongs on another board.