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Parent urges removal of two‑game suspension for Union head coach, cites secret recording and RCW
Summary
Parent Sabrina Seymour told the Evergreen board the district relied on an allegedly illegal, secret locker‑room recording in disciplining Union High School head coach Steve Pine and asked the board to rescind a two‑game suspension extended into next season, arguing the action punished future student athletes.
Sabrina Seymour, a parent of a Union High School football player, told the Evergreen School District board during public comment that the district’s investigation and a two‑game suspension of head coach Steve Pine stemmed from a secretly made locker‑room recording.
Seymour said the recording violated Washington state law (citing RCW 9.73.0.03) because it was made without consent, and that no current players or parents had filed complaints with the school before the investigation began. She said Pine had apologized to players and staff after the Oct. 17 halftime incident and that the district’s decision to place him on administrative leave shortly before the final game removed him from what Seymour described as "for many seniors, the last football game of their lives." She asked the board to "remove the 2 game suspension of Union head coach Steve Pine" and to reconsider extending the penalty into next season.
Board chair responded from the dais noting that the board does not make personnel discipline decisions directly; several trustees later said they would seek more information on the matter. No formal board action on the suspension was recorded at the meeting.
The transcript records Seymour’s concerns about privacy and process: "This investigation was based on an illegal recording delivered by someone who no longer has a student in the district, and has a personal grievance with the coach," and her request that the board "reconsider your decision."
