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Parents, students and coaches appeal to Conneaut Area School District board to reinstate suspended football coaches
Summary
Dozens of parents, students and former colleagues urged the Conneaut Area School District board to reinstate two suspended football coaches after a fall bus incident, arguing the coaches were unaware of the conduct and that termination is disproportionate; the board did not vote on reinstatement and proceeded with routine agenda approvals.
Public commenters at the Conneaut Area School District Board of Directors meeting on Jan. 14 urged the board to reconsider suspensions that removed two longtime football coaches from their roles, saying the coaches should be reinstated and that district policy and evidence warrant further review.
Steve Veneri, who identified himself as an assistant football coach suspended after an incident last fall involving four student athletes on a bus, told the board he and fellow coach Ted Jastrom were never told what written policy they had violated. "To this day, neither coach Jastrom or myself have been told what written policy was violated," Veneri said, adding that he understood the initial handling but disputed how the follow-up was carried out. He also addressed a community insinuation about a scholarship check: "There was a check written to my daughter,…
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