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Parents, students urge Bay City ISD board to spare longtime coach; closed‑session personnel item returns with no termination motion
Summary
Multiple parents and students pleaded with the Bay City ISD board not to terminate a longtime coach, citing his positive impact. The board discussed personnel matters in closed session and later took no motion to pursue midterm termination, leaving the matter unresolved.
Public commenters pressed the Bay City ISD Board of Trustees on the fate of a longtime coach, urging the board to pursue mentoring rather than immediate dismissal.
At the audience-with-patrons portion of the meeting, Tammy Tennant, who identified herself as a former BCISD teacher and parent, told trustees: "Why are we so quick to terminate, so quick to pressure resignations instead of doing what other great districts do, train, mentor, support, and grow the best of the best?" Tennant asked the board and Superintendent Thompson to "cultivate…
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