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Parents say dual athletic director/principal assignment hurt oversight after eligibility errors
Summary
Parents at the May 27 Ithaca City School District board meeting urged the district to end a temporary dual assignment of athletic director and elementary principal after eligibility paperwork errors disrupted the lacrosse season and other events.
Parents and students pressed the Ithaca City School District Board of Education on May 27 to review a district decision that assigned a single administrator to serve as both an athletic director and an elementary school principal, saying the dual role contributed to eligibility and paperwork errors that disrupted at least one varsity team.
Alisa Simons, identifying herself as a parent of a senior on the boys varsity lacrosse team and two ICSD graduates, said the problem “is about more than one administrative mistake” and tied recurring eligibility and paperwork lapses to the dual assignment. “Assigning…
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