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Board weighs whether to restart wrestling program; members urge staged approach and coach search
Summary
The Hiawatha School Board discussed restarting a district wrestling program, focusing on middle-school development, coach recruitment and startup costs. Trustees recommended a cautious, staged plan and asked staff to seek candidates and report back next month.
Board members spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing whether and how the district should re-establish a school-run wrestling program. There was no formal motion to create a program; trustees asked staff to gather coaching interest and return with recommendations.
School staff presented participation forecasts from the community youth wrestling club and district interest forms. Current figures discussed included roughly a half-dozen to a dozen students at middle-school and elementary ages expressing…
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