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Resident urges limits on earbuds during team runs after recalling past fatality

3462079 · May 8, 2025
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During public participation at the May 8 Marlington Local School Board meeting, retired physician Don Carter urged the district to restrict use of earbuds and limit running formation width for students on road runs, citing a decades‑old case in which a student runner was struck and killed.

At the public comment portion of the May 8 Marlington Local School Board meeting, Don Carter, a retired family physician and longtime team physician for Alliance, urged the district to adopt limits on students wearing earbuds during team runs and to restrict formation width to no more than two students abreast.

Carter cited…

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