As non-athletes and parents we represent a small group of people who believe that high school sports should indeed be dropped.
Sports have no place in our schools.
Schools are meant to be learning institutions, not places for athletes to polish their statistics, before heading into college. As you will see in the next pages, sports should have no role in school, and should be moved to club organizations to help foster educational advancement. Paul DeGrote Education 1st, Missed class, Teachers and coaches, GPA enforcement in clubs Education of our high school students will improve if we drop sports, because school could then be just an institution for learning, not a playground for athletes. Our students need an environment where they can learn without the distraction caused by athletics. Along with athletics comes popularity and school should not be a popularity contest.