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Parent urges board not to redo cheerleading tryouts, warns of morale and fairness concerns
Summary
Amber Bryant, a former Mooresville High School cheerleader and current Title I tutor, used public comment to oppose redoing cheerleading tryouts and warned that changing results after they are announced could undermine coaches and hurt student morale; the comment received no formal response or action at the meeting.
During the public‑comment portion of Tuesday’s meeting, Amber Bryant, who identified herself as a former Mooresville High School Blue Devil cheerleader and a past teacher at EMIS, asked the board not to restart or rerun recently completed cheerleading tryouts.
"Changing it now could create confusion and hurt morale," Bryant said, arguing that any concerns with the tryout process should be addressed for future events rather than by restarting results after they were announced. She urged the board and athletic leadership to respect coaches’ decisions and to avoid setting a precedent that could prompt similar challenges across other sports.
Bryant noted turnover among cheerleading coaches and said that redoing tryouts would undermine consistency and the authority of coaches, potentially creating destabilizing expectations for other teams. She suggested that procedural issues—rubrics and clearer communication—be fixed going forward rather than undoing completed outcomes.
The board did not take action on the matter during the meeting. The public‑comment instruction provided a three‑minute speaking slot; the transcript records Bryant’s concerns and no recorded board response or follow‑up assignment in the public minutes.
Status: the comment was heard and recorded; no vote or staff directive was recorded on the topic at the May 5 meeting.
