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Parents ask Hazleton Area SD board to reconsider denied co-op for girls field hockey; board to respond in writing
Summary
A Sugarloaf resident urged the Hazleton Area School District board to approve a cooperative agreement that would let students join a girls field-hockey program, saying low participation (13 players) risks the sport's continuity. The board said it will review the request in executive session and provide a written reply.
Joseph (Joe) Sirock, a Sugarloaf resident, told the Hazleton Area School District board that a denied cooperative agreement is depriving local students of the opportunity to play girls field hockey and risks killing the program.
“We're fighting to get on a team that currently for this year's season has only 13 kids,” Sirock said, urging the board to permit a year-to-year, sport-by-sport co-op that he said would impose no additional cost on the district because parents would cover transportation and insurance.
Sirock said he and other parents had pursued the request for…
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