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South Charlotte Sports Report “HOMETOWN TEAMS ... HOMETOWN KIDS” Volume 5, Issue 19 www.southcharlottesports.com February 3, 2011 - FREE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS 2011 AND BEYOND Tripp Roakes, Publisher, South Charlotte Sports Report credit where credit is due, a new CMS School Board As I mentioned over two years ago in The South Member, Tim Morgan chose to give me an audience Charlotte Sports Report, the answer can be found and I laid out my plan which included participation right next door in Union County. Our neighbors to fees, a $1.00 high school game ticket surcharge and the south operate an amazing middle school sports other funding options. Tim fought to have some of program with triple the amount of opportunities the these ideas incorporated and the board passed a self- CMS program offered. In addition to the CMS pro- funding plan. The school board elected to go with ex- grams, Union County Middle School Sports include; tremely low participation fees and to waive the fees wrestling, swimming, cross country, lacrosse, ten- for over 50% of the student-athletes. A nice dona- nis, dance and golf. The programs are all offered via tion from Michael Jordan and the Charlotte Bob- each school’s Athletic Booster Club. Scholarships cats closed the gap and middle school sports were are also created to help those that can’t afford to pay back in business for the 2010-2011 season. Parents all or part of the participation fees. and student-athletes in South Charlotte rejoiced as Let me share with you the mission statement the roller coaster now appeared to be back on level from one of these booster clubs, Weddington Middle ground. School Athletic Booster Club. Fast forward to January 2011 – Dr. Gorman an- It is the mission of the Weddington Middle nounces for the third consecutive season his plan to School Athletic Booster Club to ensure that our end CMS Middle School Sports. As we have seen children have the opportunity to participate in in- hundreds of times in government, the funding plan terscholastic sports at the middle school level. The for one issue will now be moved to another area. In WMSABC is an approved parent organization rec- this case, the dollars created by the high school par- ognized by the Union County Schools. This associa- ticipation fee and ticket surcharge will be moved to tion is a group of volunteers who work to provide cover a cut the school board will make in high school the opportunity for WMS students to compete on sports funding. teams against other Union County Middle schools. My friends, this time, it’s for real, Middle School Without the WMS Booster Club, there would be no Sports as we currently know them in CMS are his- Middle School Sports program, other than Basket- Dear Friends and Neighbors, tory. I have been told that middle school Athletic ball and Basketball Cheerleading. Directors have already been instructed to inventory The time has come to stop the Charlotte Meck- all their equipment to prepare for either a sale or the lenburg Schools (CMS) Middle School Rollercoaster. transfer of the assets to high schools. Dr. Gorman’s The last two years of indecision, budget cuts, partici- vision is very clear and from all indications I have, pation fees and now elimination have knocked the the CMS Board of Education members are going rollercoaster off its tracks. Let’s travel back in time to to follow right along with the plan. The budget for review the last two years before we move forward. whatever reason you want to believe is a mess. It’s Two seasons ago, CMS Superintendent Peter Gor- so bad that the Board of Education voted to put five man announced his plan to end middle school sports year old children into a situation where they spend 8 in CMS. The decision proved to be very unpopular hours in class, including transportation time, classes among many active families in South Charlotte. I in our community are going to be overstuffed, teach- presented Dr. Gorman and the Board of Education er assistants are nowhere to be found, elementary with two ideas to save middle school sports. Those teachers are going to have to teach four more hours options included both a self-funding plan and a lay- a week at the same pay rate and for the third year in out to eliminate CMS involvement entirely, allowing a row, hundreds of CMS employees will be laid off. athletic booster clubs to create opportunities. This It’s important to note before we go into the future, would follow the highly successful Union County that I have never advocated that a penny of tax dol- (NC) model. Sadly, my proposals fell on deaf ears lars be spent on athletics. I feel very strongly about as I received next to no communication from any of that position. If you are going to play, you need to the school leaders. I also volunteered my services pay. Regardless of your chosen sport or other activ- to help lead a committee which would explore the ity, it takes money to participate and that needs to future of middle school sports in CMS. This also fell be private money. Sports, like other activities; are a on deaf ears. Late in the game, when the state budget privilege, not a right. was announced, the decision was made to continue So where do we as a community turn to? The with middle school sports. positives of middle school sports are well document- This past season, Dr. Gorman once again called ed, especially in today’s times when we are fight- for the elimination of middle school sports. I stood ing childhood obesity, gang development in middle up again with the two proposals to save these valu- schools, and other obstacles that can get in the way able opportunities for our student-athletes. Giving of proper student development. See MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, Page 9 CHECK OUT OUR BASKETBALL EVENTS! South Charlotte Sports Report IPad/ITouch Contest March 4-6 South Charlotte Sports All Star Tournament March 12-13 South Charlotte Sports Carolinas Shootout Tournament Click “LIKE” at www.facebook.com/SouthCharlotteSports The number of fans we have on March 15th, will decide the prize we give away! 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