Their feelings got hurt.
"A high school basketball team in Southern California was stripped of its regional title after members of the mostly White team threw tortillas at a predominantly Latino opposing team following a final match two weeks ago, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) said Wednesday."
what those kids was damn wrong. Unsportsmanlike for sure. I would have handled it differently though. If I had been their coach... made them personally apologize then make them cook tacos for the other team. If they refused to do so... maybe then take their title
Long but worth a look: That was my first impression about the blame falling on the coach, and after digging a little bit more it’s still primarily on him . The guy that made it happen boils down to an unnamed “community member” who brought a bag of tortillas and passed them out to the Coronado team after the game. “Community member” sounds like someone either well-protected on purpose, or due to inept reporting went unnamed from the whole thing (unless there’s an article out with his or her name mentioned someone might share).
Reportedly, the teams were waiting for the award ceremony, and this unnamed “community member” passed out tortillas to Coronado‘s team. The Coronado’s coach reportedly made disparaging remarks about the other coach and the players. Following those remarks players began throwing the tortillas, one hitting the other team’s coach but mostly the players. If true, and considering that Coronado won, there must be some history of friction between those two coaches beyond just this championship game.
The conduct of the team, even though I support personal responsibility including teenagers, in this instance it still falls back on the coach. High school coaches have a big influence on their players, that is those players who want to continue to play for them.
So I got to ask, will the “community member” be participating in the required sensitivity training that the school’s staff, administrators, and coach/assistants will be undergoing? I wonder how much they’re all liking that “community member” at this point? Lol
The following link describes what’s been going on as a precursor. There is now a group that has formed to force the school to increase its percentages of out of school district students, in the name of diversity. I don’t understand how they’re going to force district transfers. The school has been accepting around 15% of out-of-school district transfers, and this group wants that percentage to increase significantly.
When I did the legwork to get my daughter into an out of district school system, due to the numbers in her particular grade level at the time she was allowed in. Other grades were “full” and had my daughter been in one of the other grade levels, she would not have been accepted. When a school district is full and parents want their kids to go to that particular school system, they have the option to make the sacrifice and move to that school district. Since the medium price of a home is $1.3 million on that island (Coronado school district) not many families can afford to live there, but reportedly they have about 11% low income families within Coronado’s school district.
Do the legwork to improve your own school(s). Parents can get the wheels going by consistently participating with the school board and teachers. Teachers can seek grants to improve their schools. School boards can also work with teachers as opposed to working against them, it happens.
“Colonial Day” is a long-running tradition in the Coronado Unified School District. Every January, fifth-graders dress in colonial garb and participate in activities like candle-making,…
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