It's No Longer Fun and Games.If we asked you to list the top 25 issues you face on your job, it's not likely you would include any reference to interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las athletes. It might not even make the Top 50. So why is it that this
month's issue of The School Administrator (one of the largest
we've produced) deals comprehensively with the subject of sports?
While most superintendents and their deputies do not play any day-to-day role in managing the athletics athletics or track and field also track-and-field games Variety of sport competitions held on a running track and on the adjacent field. It is the oldest form of organized sports, having been a part of the ancient Olympic Games from c. program, there may be no aspect of the local school district that carries more emotional baggage and headache headache Pain in the upper portion of the head. Episodic tension headaches are the most common, usually causing mild to moderate pain on both sides. They result from sustained contraction of face and neck muscles, often due to fatigue, stress, or frustration. potential than the world of after-school fun and games "Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March, 1964, during the first season. Opening narration . Consider the topics we are addressing here: athletic eligibility of students, gender equity, funding, the growing pressure of home-schoolers (and the new challenge of charter school students), legal risks, sportsmanship and the role of middle school sports. These are substantive and weighty issues, which taken as a whole suggest that school system leaders ought to be well-versed in the administrative aspects of interscholastic play. One state association director in the Midwest recently told me that these are "such a continually hot topic" in his state that nearly any superintendent could speak from experience about dealing with athletics. Meanwhile, a superintendent in upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. described how a school board asked her during a job interview what she would do about parent interference in varsity sports. One could draw a striking parallel here to what has befallen intercollegiate in·ter·col·le·giate adj. Involving or representing two or more colleges. Adj. 1. intercollegiate - used of competition between colleges or universities; "intercollegiate basketball" sports. Over the last decade or more, campus presidents largely maintained a hands-off, blinders-on approach to the running of their university's sports program, leading today to serious and deep-seated woes that defy de·fy tr.v. de·fied, de·fy·ing, de·fies 1. a. To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance: defied the blockade by sailing straight through it. b. easy solutions. We hope our coverage will encourage you to ask informed questions of those you've entrusted to run your district's interscholastic athletics program. Jay P. Goldman Voice: 703-875-0745 E-mail:jgoldman@aasa.org |
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