KSHSAA Board of Directors votes to allow parents to activities
Brent Maycock/Topeka Gannett
Pratt Tribune
When the Kansas State High School Activities Board of Directors voted two weeks ago to prevent spectators from attending winter sports activities until late January, it caused an uproar across the state.
The loudest cries were from parents, demanding to watch their children compete and perform.
Those voices were heard. And starting Thursday, that’s exactly what can happen.
Two weeks after voting 50-26 to not allow spectators, the Board of Directors reversed its course on the issue at Tuesday’s special BOD meeting. By a 54-24 vote, the board passed an amended proposal sent forward last week from the KSHSAA appeal board that allows up to two parents/guardians per participant(s) family as allowed by local board of education or health department restrictions effective Dec. 10.