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Students, parents press Dearborn Public Schools to add middle school baseball program
Summary
Two students and a parent urged the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education to create middle school baseball teams for spring 2025, saying the activity builds skills, school pride and would retain athletes in district schools. Trustees and administrators said they will explore options and place the item on a cabinet agenda for further study.
Two students and a parent asked the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education on Jan. — during the board’s citizen participation period — to start baseball teams for middle schools in the spring of 2025.
Hudson Salman, an eighth-grade student, told the board he has played baseball since kindergarten and would “love the opportunity to play with my friends who I go to school with.” Musa Murphy, a seventh-grader, said a school baseball program would teach teamwork, life skills and get students outdoors. Parent Musaadah Murphy described coordination problems that currently push families to travel leagues or to other districts and…
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