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Parents, students back coach Annie as board tables head-coach hires amid allegations about athletics staff
Summary
Dozens of parents and former players praised the Mount Pleasant boys basketball coach at the May 7 school board meeting after the district posted her position; the board tabled a motion to approve supplemental head coaches and citizens raised separate complaints about the athletic director's handling of a student absence.
Dozens of parents and former players urged the Mount Pleasant Area School District board to retain the high school boys basketball coach after the district posted the position, and the board on Wednesday tabled a motion to approve supplemental head coaches while public concerns about athletics staff conduct were raised.
Several parents and students told the board the coach — identified in public comment as “Coach Annie” — has run voluntary clinics and open gyms, provided one-on-one mentoring and followed up with injured athletes. Jason Dils, who said he coaches seventh-grade boys basketball in Mount Pleasant, said, “She’s been fantastic to me and to our students.” Stacy Smith, who identified herself as a teacher and parent, said she was “saddened, I was angered, and I was shocked” to see the coach’s position posted and argued that parents should respect coaches’ decisions.
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