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Parents tell Northern Lehigh committee they’ve filed complaints alleging long‑running verbal abuse by coach Mike Bauer; administration says allegations are 'the
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Multiple parents urged the board to investigate allegations that youth and paid coach Mike Bauer subjected middle‑school athletes to repeated verbal abuse, cursing and humiliation; administration said the allegations are known and are under investigation and asked commenters not to discuss specifics during the personnel process.
Several parents addressed the board’s curricular/extracurricular committee to raise allegations of repeated verbal abuse, belittling and retaliation by youth and paid coach Mike Bauer.
Allison Schaeffer (S16) said she and a group of parents collected signatures—she said about 34 parents—to report ‘‘absolute mistreatment’’ of youth athletes at the middle‑school basketball level and…
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