Minutes. Cheerleading is now considered a sport in california. Its a step forward, but possibly a leap back for one east bay School District. Teammates and their parents are rallying to save their program at the Liberty Union high School District. That covers brentwood and oakley in contra costa county. Abc7 News Reporter katie utehs explains. Reporter cheerleading is now a sport. Its incredibly exciting. We feel proud that now were being recognized as athletes. Reporter but the new state designation actually threatens the traditional cheer program in the Liberty Union high School District. The girls are athletes so for that to be possibly taken away from us, we were devastated. Reporter as districts grapple with the costs of implementing cheer as a sport, luhsd superintendent proposed cutting traditional cheer and implementing stunt cheer. It alarmed School Board Member ray valverde. You dont cut Something Else that has been successful in that district for years. Reporter traditional
We feel proud that now were being recognized as athletes. Reporter but the new state designation actually threatens the traditional cheer program in the Liberty Union high school district. The girls are athletes so for that to be possibly taken away from us, we were devastated. Reporter as districts grapple with the costs of implementing cheer as a sport, luhsd superintendent proposed cutting traditional cheer and implementing stunt cheer. It alarmed School Board Member ray valverde. Dont cut Something Else that has been successful in that district for years. Reporter traditional sideline cheer is more inclusive because more students can participate. Stunt teams are smaller. Stunt teams are very small. They allow up to 30 girls but usually theyre not that big at all. Theyre usually around 20 so less girls would be able to be on the team. Reporter more colleges recognize traditional cheer for scholarships. This cell phone video shows heritage high taking 10th place at the National Compe
Cheerleading is now considered sport in california. Its a step forward, but possibly a leap back for one east bay school district. It covers brentwood and oakley and contra costa county. Reporter cheerleading is now a sport. Incredibly exciting. We feel proud were being recognized for the hard work we put in. Reporter but the designation threatens the Cheerleading Program in the Liberty High School district. The girls are athlete. For that to be taken away from us, we were devastated. Reporter as districts grapple with the cost. The superintendent proposed cutting additional cheers and implementing stunt cheers. I have no problem with that. But you dont cut something out in the district thats been there for years. Reporter traditional sideline here is more inclusive because more students can participate. Some teams are smaller. Stunt teams are very small. They allow up to 30 girls. But usually theyre not that big, theyre usually around 20. Reporter more colleges recognize traditional c
The District Attorney says six people died. It took rescuers more than two hours to get through the wreckage to get everyone out. The bus was the only vehicle involved in the crash which happened on a residential road less than a mile from school. A warrant has been issued to remove the informational box on the school bus and to review the video on that school bus. Patrick police say speed is being investigated as a factor and that the driver is cooperating with investigators. Joyce taking a closer look neither tennessee, wisconsin nor the federal government require them, although many Smaller School buses do have them. Currently, six states have passed some variation of a seat belt law for school buses. Last year, an administrator for the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration declared every school bus should have threepoint lapshoulder belts. Some estimates put the cost of adding them at 15,000 per bus. Neighborhood, some students from sherman park earned a special reward ton
Bumps. The driver, Johnthony Walker is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. Officers strongly believe he was speeding when driving that bus and then it flipped. There are so many families grieving. The mother of five children who lost her 6 year old daughter in the crash dropped a bomb shell that d investigation wide open. I been calling the school since School Started letting them know my kid said that he is drinking on the bus. Hes putting liquor inside the frozen, inside water bottles. And hes driving fast, speeding with us on the bus, first day of school. Reporter you called who . They told me to call transportation. I called transportation. Then i called durham. They never called me back. I called the board of education. They never called me back. I called the school again. They kept telling me to call transportation. There is nothing that they can do about it. We are working to verify her claims and so are police. We do know school bus, it was just two months ago when