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Students urge Jenkintown SD to keep girls field hockey; board says it will verify numbers and Title IX compliance
Summary
Seventh-grade students presented a petition asking the Jenkintown SD board to preserve the girls field hockey program. Administrators said they will verify roster numbers and explained Title IX reviews focus on overall opportunities for male and female athletes rather than one‑to‑one sport parity.
Seventh-grade students urged the Jenkintown SD board during public comment to preserve the girls field hockey program, saying signups from sixth- and seventh-graders show sufficient interest to sustain the team.
"We went to the sixth grade classrooms ... and we got all of them that were interested for next year to sign this paper," a student told the board, saying the group had collected eight sixth-grade names and additional seventh-grade signups. The students asked the board not to remove field hockey in favor of expanding soccer.
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