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Parents and program alumni urge board to delay coach Nichols resignation
Summary
Multiple parents, alumni and program board members told the Lakeville Area Schools board they believe the district's process around Coach Blake Nichols's district-requested resignation was incomplete and asked the board to remove the item from the consent agenda for further review.
Several parents and program alumni took the public-comment period at the Lakeville Area Schools board meeting to ask trustees to delay action on what they described as a district-requested resignation for Lakeville South girls basketball coach Blake Nichols.
Mike Sherills, who identified himself as a Lakeville resident and father of four with daughters in the Lakeville South girls basketball program, said Nichols "knows their names" and described the coach's regular outreach to players and families.…
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