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Coaches ask Bandon board to keep sixth graders in cross-country program
Summary
Middle school cross-country coaches told the board that sixth-grade participation is integral to building the district’s program and cited district meet counts (about 30 sixth-grade boys among 73 boys, and about 25 sixth-grade girls among 60) as evidence that excluding sixth graders would harm long-term participation.
Trish Hutton, who identified herself as a middle-school cross-country coach, asked the board to exempt cross country from a proposed participation restriction that would exclude sixth graders.
Hutton said cross country has historically been the first middle-school sport available to sixth graders in the district and argued that early…
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