CONCERN OVER REINSTATEMENT ISSUE RAISED.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Coaches at Burroughs High School in Burbank are expressing concern that their authority has been underminded after three dismissed softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' players won reinstatements by appealing to the Burbank Board of Education and district personnel. In each case, the players' families disagreed with the reasons for dismissal and appealed to higher levels. Tina Cantrell, the district's director of secondary education, and Burroughs principal Tim Buchanan declined comment, saying the matter was a personnel issue. Mike McDonald Mike McDonald (born June 22, 1958 in North Hollywood, California) is a former professional American football player who played long snapper for nine seasons in the NFL. , president of the school board, said, ``I don't think we made a mistake and we're not usurping authority.'' Coaches say Cantrell informed them that they must develop written criteria for cutting players. ``It's my right to choose,'' Burroughs softball coach Ken Bailey insisted. ``The school board made a mistake. Now, they're back.'' Said baseball coach Jose Valle:``They're telling us who we can have on our team. Pretty soon, they'll be telling us who we can play. That opens a can of worms Worms (vôrms), city (1994 pop. 79,155), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, on the Rhine River. It is an industrial city and a leading wine trade center. . They're going to lose some coaches. If I'm going to be told who I can play, I'm not going to coach.'' In March, the family of Burroughs softball player Jamie Gibbs reached an agreement with the Burbank school district that allowed her to play softball at either the varsity or junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. level. Gibbs' father, Roger, said his daughter had been dismissed by Bailey because he and Bailey disagreed over coaching strategies. Bailey said he cut Gibbs because she didn't have the talent to play varsity. Gibbs, a junior, was a backup varsity pitcher last year. The Gibbs family went to the school board and asked for Bailey's removal, Roger Gibbs Sir Roger Geoffrey Gibbs was born on 13 November 1934. He attended Eton College and Millfield School. He married his wife Jane on 21 September 2005. He was knighted in 1994. After a career as a stockbroker he has been Chairman of Gerrards and National Discount Co Ltd. said. The school board decided March 20 to take no action against Bailey. Gibbs chose not to return. Juniors Shaland and Danette Romero were dismissed in February, Bailey said, after he determined Shaland had violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. his written code of conduct by using foul language, and Danette had broken the district's written code of conduct by not cooperating and accepting her role on the team. Tami Romero, the girls' mother, said Shaland admitted to using foul language but wondered why her daughter was singled out. ``Why wasn't she talked to? Where was the benching for a game?'' she said. As for Danette's case, Tami Romero said she has requested the district's criteria numerous times and hasn't received it. She said her daughter received outstanding citizenship grades each year. Romero said the family went to the school board and, by a 3-1 vote with one abstention ABSTENTION, French law. This is the tacit renunciation by an heir of a succession Merl. Rep. h.t. , won reinstatement Reinstatement The restoration of an insurance policy after it has lapsed for nonpayment of premiums. to the junior varsity team For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. April 28. Monday was their first day back with the team. They didn't play in Tuesday's game. ``They seemed glad to be there,'' Tami Romero said. ``They wanted to get out and practice to get ready for travel ball. . . . They feel they've earned the right to be a part of the Burroughs softball program, either on the JV and varsity level.'' |
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