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Somerville councilors and parents press parks department for middle-school girls intramural hockey; item kept in committee
Summary
Parents and councilors urged Somerville Parks and Recreation to establish a free intramural middle-school girls hockey program for 2025–26, citing gender, economic and access barriers; the committee kept the proposal in committee for further work.
Councilor Kristen Strezzo, chair of the Committee on Equity, Gender, Seniors, Family and Vulnerable Populations, heard advocates on April 16 pressing the city to create a Somerville-only intramural middle-school girls hockey program for the 2025–26 school year. After presentations and discussion the committee decided to keep the item in committee for further work.
Advocates said an all-girls middle-school intramural program would address gender, economic and cultural barriers that limit girls' participation in hockey and give students time to develop skating and stick-handling skills required for high school play. “We’re here to advocate for an ongoing intramural middle school girls hockey program to be established in the 25–26 school year as a…
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