Supporters of the waiver request, which had come from high school principals, said teenagers emotional and mental health problems rising from the pandemic could only get worse if they re denied sports. The waiver, which passed in a 5-2 vote, was supported by the four board members who are current or retired educators. I can tell you teachers and coaches are such a big part of these kids lives, said Dot Case, a retired civics teacher at North Henderson High School. I just don t think we should jerk that out from under the kids that want to play sports.
Kathy Revis, a retired schoolteacher and administrator, argued for the waiver.
Craven was re-elected to a second term on the board on Nov. 3 when voters also put Kathy Revis, Robert Bridges and Stacey Caskey on the board. The board voted unamimously for Craven as chair. After Jay Egolf nominated Holt as vice chair, Caskey nominated Revis, who declined. The board then elected Holt as chair.
Board members thanked the school community for its support after a 13-year-old boy shot a 12-year-old classmate in the leg in the gym where students gather before homeroom. The girl recovered and is back in school now.
“Everybody came together and nobody felt unsafe, that I’ve heard from, about the particular incident, Craven said. We will be looking further into what we can do as a board to make our students and families feel even safer.”