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Westerville schools propose consolidating middle‑school football and cheer by home high school
Summary
District staff proposed moving middle‑school football and football cheer to three host sites aligned with students' home high schools (Central→Genoa, North→Walnut Springs, South→Minerva Park) to address consistently low roster numbers, improve coaching continuity and create a 7–12 feeder pathway; transportation, supervision and booster/fundraising arrangements remain outstanding issues.
Westerville City Schools staff on March 16 presented a plan to reorganize middle‑school football and football cheer by students’ home high school, aiming to increase roster sizes and provide a clearer feeder path into high school programs.
Becca Yanni, coordinator of related arts and extracurricular programs, said the model would place students who feed to Central at Genoa, those who feed to North at Walnut Springs and those who feed to South at Minerva Park. “Again, the plan is that anybody that is at home high school of Central, they would…
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