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Manchester parent urges NHIAA exception after softball coop denied; committee to seek review
Summary
A Manchester parent told the School District's Special Committee on Athletics her senior daughter may lose her final season after the NHIAA denied a three-school softball co-op; the committee asked a member to request executive-committee review and formally received public comment.
Leanne McNamara, a Manchester parent, told the Manchester School District Special Committee on Athletics on Jan. 8 that her daughter, a West senior, may be unable to play softball this season after the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) denied a three-school co-op.
"My concern is that my daughter's not gonna get to play this year. And it's her senior year, and I would really like to respectfully request that she be allowed to go and play with Trinity," McNamara said during the committee's public forum.
The committee heard staff and athletics officials explain the denial was based on NHIAA classification and co-op rules. Mr. Dichard, representing district athletics, said the softball committee initially approved a request to allow West to field players, but NHIAA classification later denied the co-op because the combined enrollment of the three…
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