Let the Athlete's Voices be heard!!

Let the Athlete's Voices be heard!!

Started
December 15, 2020
Petition to
Bladen County Board of Education
Signatures: 572Next Goal: 1,000
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Started by Shannon Meares

The Bladen County BOE has voted to cancel the basketball season for East and West Bladen. They made this unilateral decision without consulting the most important party— the athletes themselves! The NCHSAA has allowed basketball to proceed with some safety stipulations, which include the players wearing masks; and while our athletes have been practicing with these masks, the Board has taken it upon themselves to cancel the season stating concern for the athletes wearing masks during play. Apparently the Board knows better the capabilities of these athletes, Without consulting a single one of them..... but I doubt it!! I started this petition to give our Athletes a voice! They are the ones impacted by this decision, some of them are Seniors and this is devastating to them. They should have a say, especially since they will be the one wearing the mask while playing a sport that they obviously love! After all, why should the BOE members that voted NO think they have that right?? They were elected by the people for the people—- or did they forget that? In this world we live in, times are crazy, but democracy should still prevail! Put it to a vote including the people who matter most; involve the parents and the athletes, then make an INFORMED decision when the majority has spoken! Another note just for the record, this doesn’t stop here, others sports will be voted on as well! Doesn’t our children’s mental health matter just as much as their physical health? At the very LEAST they should have a say!

“The school kids, who are best at tolerating the virus, will still be living with the negative effects of these seemingly arbitrary measures, long after the pandemic is a distant memory. The damage to their mental, physical, social and intellectual wellbeing will follow them the rest of their lives.” David Simmons! I agree with this wholeheartedly. Depression is real and running full force amongst our youth.

 

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  • Bladen County Board of Education