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“S.O.S.: Support Our Students” Rally asking the board to not make $1 million in proposed cuts before the school board meeting at Elizabethtown Area High School Tuesday March 22, 2022.
“S.O.S.: Support Our Students” Rally asking the board to not make $1 million in proposed cuts before the school board meeting at Elizabethtown Area High School Tuesday March 22, 2022.
In the opening minutes of Tuesday\u2019s meeting of the Elizabethtown Area School District school board, the board performed an utterly uncontroversial function: recognizing the E-town High School students honored as March Students of the Month by the Elizabethtown Rotary Club.
They are Makenna Locke and Tristan Lentz, whose extracurricular activities match their curricular ones.
Locke is a National AP Scholar. She is also concertmaster for the school orchestra, and a member of the school\u2019s bowling and lacrosse teams.
Lentz, who plans to major in Sports, Art, and Entertainment Management at Point Park College, is a member of the marching band, involved in the theater program, and plays on the volleyball team.
The connection between the classroom and student activities was, at least formally, in danger of being severed at the meeting, where the board considered, but then chose not to consider, a list of potential areas for budget cuts provided by the school\u2019s administration.
The administration has not recommended any of the cuts, a sentiment shared by E-town athletes before and during the meeting.
“This is the reason why a lot of us come to school,\u2019\u2019 Ryan Corwin, a junior cheerleader, said during a protest in front of the school before the meeting.
“There’s the whole rule where if you don’t come to school, you can’t go to practice and that is literally the reason why a lot of people get up in the morning.\u2019\u2019
The protesters seemed like a largely arts-and-music crowd early on. Spring-sports practices were still under way on the school\u2019s fields and courts.
A man with a trumpet did play, \u201cOn Wisconsin,\u2019\u2019 the familiar football fight song.
Eventually, some of the school\u2019s athletes strolled over, grabbed signs and joined the protest.
\u201cSports means a lot to me,\u2019\u2019 said Steven McDonald, a freshman wrestler and track athlete. \u201cAll my friends and connections are through sports. I enjoy them, and I don\u2019t want to see them go.\u2019\u2019
McDonald said the controversy has been a topic of conversation among his friends.
\u201cEverybody I know wants the taxes to stay,\u2019\u2019 he said, before realizing that may not be quite the right phrasing.
\u201cThey all want to see our sports kept,\u2019\u2019 he added.
Once the meeting began, a group of athletes, including basketball-star brothers Patrick and Matthew Gilhool, walked in, sat in the back row of the auditorium, and applauded the speakers in opposition to the cuts.
\u201cIt\u2019s been the talk of the school,\u2019\u2019 said Matt Gilhool, a sophomore. \u201cA lot of people are unhappy about the idea that they could take away stuff.\u2019\u2019
\u201cIt takes away a lot from school,\u2019\u2019 said Patrick, a senior. \u201cIt won\u2019t affect me, but these guys, \u2026 it will affect you.\u2019\u2019
\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u2019\u2019 said Brady Moran, a freshman football and baseball player. \u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine high school without sports.\u2019\u2019
\u201cI know, \u2026 Friday night lights,\u2019\u2019 Patrick Gilhool said. \u201cIt brings the community together.\u2019\u2019
All the athletes agree on one thing that research and data overwhelmingly indicates: Athletes tend to do better in school when their sports are in season.
\u201cNo question,\u2019\u2019 Patrick Gilhool said. \u201cIt makes you want to show up, and it keeps you centered.\u2019\u2019
“A majority of my friends are going to college for sports,” said Keren Ezedebgo, a junior basketball player. “Some of them can’t afford college without sports.”
\u201cIt gives you that drive,\u2019\u2019 Corwin said. \u201cIt gives us something to look forward to.”
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