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Students, coaches and community groups press Baltimore leaders for facilities, transport and trained coaches
Summary
At a City Council hearing, students, nonprofit leaders and coaches praised middle‑school sports expansion but told officials that unreliable buses, rundown gyms, staffing and field access must be resolved for the program to scale equitably.
Students, coaches and community providers used the City Council informational hearing to both praise Baltimore’s middle‑school sports expansion and press city leaders on what’s needed to sustain it: facilities, reliable transportation, more coaches and consistent funding.
Katie Colas, a seventh‑grader at Thomas Johnson Middle School, told the committee, “Playing middle school sports really allows me to represent my school to our community and be a leader inside of my school.” Her testimony was echoed by assistant principal Katie Scottie, who said Thomas Johnson expanded to seven…
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