Evening star., 1957-12-21
D. {. Schools
Seeking Wayt 10
.ContinueSports
BY DICK sLAY

The fate OF interscholastic
sports in District public high
schools win hang in the balance
for at least the next 80 days.
as q result Of an ultimatum
issued yesterday by the d. c.
High School Coaches Associa-
ton.
The coaches group voted
Thursday night and announced
yesterday its unified intention
to quit coaching after March l.
1888. because Of refusal OF the
District school system to pay
for extra time spent with
athletic teams.
The next meeting OF the
District Board Of Education is
scheduled January %. at which
time 1t Is expected 10 take some
action on the coaches de-
mands. Six days earlier will
be the next meeting Of the
Joint Committees on Person.
mel and Student Activities and
Athletics. the group which will
recommend action TO the board.
But board rules state that
only the superintendent of
schools. at present DR.. Hobart
m. Corning. can recommend
a plan for committee considera-
ton. DR.. Corning last week
recommended that the coaches
demands for pay be denied.
That Is the only formal pro-
posal before the committee at
this time.
Seeks Another solution
I'm searching for something
else for my committee to sup
port" the committee chairman,
Mrs. Manson B. Petit. said
/ yesterday. Right now there
probably are only three men,
bers of the entire board tof
nine) who would have gone
along with the coaches"
In the works at present is
another plan authored by DR..
Carl F. Hansen. assistant
superintendent for senior high
schools. 1t is an outgrowth of
DR.. corning's statement last
week that extra pay for all
teachers who do extra work.
not Just for coaches. would
be q more equitable solution.
DR.. Hansen calls 1t a plan
for extension Of school services
and facilities" which now is
being circulated among high
school principals for sugges-
tons. This is related to the
coaches problem" he said yes
terday. but really 1t is re-
lated to the larger problem
Of all teachers and facilities. "
Wants TO Keep Program
/ DR.. Hansen said that 1t is
not a complicated plan and
that 1t could be ready for
formal proposal TO the COM
mittee on January l6. He said
that he will try TO submit it
through DR.. Corning as a
recommendation to the COM
mittee.
so far as is possible" DR..
Hansen added. Il will do all in
my power to keep our sports
program going"
DIR. Hansen said that the
coaches stand on the matter
came as a surprise to him. II
had hoped the association
would not put 1t on an either
or basis at this time"
The ultimatum was in the
form of a letter to DR.. Hansen,
Mrs. Petit. Walter T. Tobriner.
president Of the Board of Edu-
cation. and Mrs. Arcadia Phil
lips. chairman OF personnel. IL
was signed by John J. Jankow-
ski. president Of the coaches
group.
In a later statement yester-
day. Jankowski admitted that
1t was not the final word from
the coaches. This will be
thrown out the window II they
give US what we want" he said.
Coaches Take stand
The letter read:
This Is to advise that at its
meeting Thursday. December
10. 1857. the d. C. Public High
School Coaches Association
took the following action:
THAT beginning March l,
1853. the ID. C. Public High
School Coaches will relinquish
all coaching duties.
"Inasmuch as DR.. Hobart M.
Corning through the Board of
Education has refused to grant
remuneration TO the coaches
for those duties as has been
requested for the past 10 years
the coaches now take the above
stated position.
"On September 3. l948. DR.
Corning admitted that an In
equity existed as far as coaches