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Oceanside board declines formal policy to retire athletic jersey numbers; agrees to remove specific number from circulation
Summary
The Oceanside Union Free School District Board of Education on April 23 declined to adopt a district-wide practice of retiring athletic jersey numbers but directed administrators to take the specific lacrosse number out of circulation while current students who honor it remain in the program.
The Oceanside Union Free School District Board of Education discussed a community request to permanently retire a student-athlete's jersey number and concluded April 23 that it will not adopt a district-wide policy to retire numbers. The board agreed administrators should work with the family and athletic director to remove the specific number from circulation while the referenced students remain on teams.
Board members framed the question as a matter of precedent and equity. "We have an obligation to take a step back and look at the big picture," said Mr. Blau, a member of the Board of Education, adding the district already honors athletes through a Hall of Fame and a separate Circle of Pride. "I haven't heard of any reason to entertain a change in that or to look into entertaining a new concept such as…
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