Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

PCS will drop soccer tennis golf and cross country next year , Decision was made by Grasso today .

Re: Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

PCS will drop soccer tennis golf and cross country next year , Decision was made by Grasso today .

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What schools does this impact? Is this for guys and girls? If so, I wonder how long it will take some lawyer to get involved and make it a Title IX issue.

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This is fine.....

There are only a couple teams in the county that actually play soccer.


Even then, it is not great.

Re: Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

This is fine.....

There are only a couple teams in the county that actually play soccer.


Even then, it is not great.

Not true. What would the FHSAA do with teams in those districts? It will screw up every district in every class in every sport.

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PCS will drop soccer tennis golf and cross country next year , Decision was made by Grasso today .

Where is this documented?

Re: Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

PCS will drop soccer tennis golf and cross country next year , Decision was made by Grasso today .

Where is this documented?

It is not and it is not true! These idiots just make stuff up and put it on the site.

Re: Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

PCS will drop soccer tennis golf and cross country next year , Decision was made by Grasso today .

Where is this documented?

It is not and it is not true! These idiots just make stuff up and put it on the site.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/article971034.ece

Cuts in high school sports weighed
By Thomas C. Tobin, Times Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, January 27, 2009


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LARGO — Pinellas school officials will consider cuts in high school sports programs as they address the district's budget crisis, superintendent Julie Janssen said Tuesday.

Janssen told the St. Petersburg Times' editorial board that the district is assessing how many students participate in athletics, the cost and participation levels for each sport and which programs are duplicated by local clubs.

"We're looking at some of the sports that our community groups offer anyway," she said. Questioned about which sports might be affected, she answered: "We're going to look at all of them."

In a broad discussion that mostly centered on the budget situation, Janssen also discussed several other areas where she expected the district to search for cuts. She said she expected to cut salary costs through the use of furloughs, probably by reducing the number of days teachers come to school before the school year begins and after it ends.

She said the district is in the process of assembling an inventory of its surplus property with the idea that many parcels would be sold when the market improves.

In addition, she said the district is:

• Ordering every school and every department to cut at least one position.

• Studying ways to cut administrative costs.

• Cutting the size of the supervisory staff in the district's sprawling busing operation.

• Not inclined to rehire many or any employees who retire under the Deferred Retirement Option Program, known as DROP, and want to return to the district.

"We certainly will not be employing them under the terms we had before," Janssen said of those employees. She added that the district's first priority would be to find spots for employees displaced by cutbacks such as closed schools.

"I've made it clear to my entire staff that everything's on the table until we get through all of the cuts," she said.

In a comment related to busing, Janssen said the district's goal is to change middle and high school start times next year if it can further reduce its busing load. Much will depend on how many students elect to remain grandfathered in their current schools rather than move to their new zoned schools, she said.

She said it appears the district might be able to move start times by 15 minutes next year, making the 7:05 a.m. start time for high schools slightly later and the 9:38 a.m. start time for middle schools a bit earlier.

Of all the ideas Janssen discussed Tuesday, cutting athletic programs could prove the most controversial.

Nick Grasso, the district official in charge of extracurricular programs, said he is convening a meeting this week of representatives from every high school: assistant principals, athletic directors and coaches. The group will assess the programs and try to make some equitable recommendations, he said.

"Nothing should be predetermined going into this meeting," Grasso said. "We're looking at ways to possibly reduce the cost of athletics without compromising the integrity of our athletic programs. … I'm looking forward to a spirited process."

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e="Guest"]PCS will drop soccer tennis golf and cross country next year , Decision was made by Grasso today .[/quote]

Where is this documented?[/quote]

It is not and it is not true! These idiots just make stuff up and put it on the site.[/quote]


http://www.tampabay.com/news/article971034.ece

Cuts in high school sports weighed
By Thomas C. Tobin, Times Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, January 27, 2009


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LARGO — Pinellas school officials will consider cuts in high school sports programs as they address the district's budget crisis, superintendent Julie Janssen said Tuesday.

Janssen told the St. Petersburg Times' editorial board that the district is assessing how many students participate in athletics, the cost and participation levels for each sport and which programs are duplicated by local clubs.

"We're looking at some of the sports that our community groups offer anyway," she said. Questioned about which sports might be affected, she answered: "We're going to look at all of them."

In a broad discussion that mostly centered on the budget situation, Janssen also discussed several other areas where she expected the district to search for cuts. She said she expected to cut salary costs through the use of furloughs, probably by reducing the number of days teachers come to school before the school year begins and after it ends.

She said the district is in the process of assembling an inventory of its surplus property with the idea that many parcels would be sold when the market improves.

In addition, she said the district is:

• Ordering every school and every department to cut at least one position.

• Studying ways to cut administrative costs.

• Cutting the size of the supervisory staff in the district's sprawling busing operation.

• Not inclined to rehire many or any employees who retire under the Deferred Retirement Option Program, known as DROP, and want to return to the district.


Nothing here states they are cutting soccer!

"We certainly will not be employing them under the terms we had before," Janssen said of those employees. She added that the district's first priority would be to find spots for employees displaced by cutbacks such as closed schools.

"I've made it clear to my entire staff that everything's on the table until we get through all of the cuts," she said.

In a comment related to busing, Janssen said the district's goal is to change middle and high school start times next year if it can further reduce its busing load. Much will depend on how many students elect to remain grandfathered in their current schools rather than move to their new zoned schools, she said.

She said it appears the district might be able to move start times by 15 minutes next year, making the 7:05 a.m. start time for high schools slightly later and the 9:38 a.m. start time for middle schools a bit earlier.

Of all the ideas Janssen discussed Tuesday, cutting athletic programs could prove the most controversial.

Nick Grasso, the district official in charge of extracurricular programs, said he is convening a meeting this week of representatives from every high school: assistant principals, athletic directors and coaches. The group will assess the programs and try to make some equitable recommendations, he said.

"Nothing should be predetermined going into this meeting," Grasso said. "We're looking at ways to possibly reduce the cost of athletics without compromising the integrity of our athletic programs. … I'm looking forward to a spirited process."[/quote]

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Nothing here states they are cutting soccer!

Re: Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

Nothing here states they are cutting soccer!

They did not name any sport directly but...

"Janssen told the St. Petersburg Times' editorial board that the district is assessing how many students participate in athletics, the cost and participation levels for each sport and which programs are duplicated by local clubs."

"We're looking at some of the sports that our community groups offer anyway," she said. Questioned about which sports might be affected, she answered: "We're going to look at all of them."

That certainly means club soccer and rec soccer are offered outside of the school environment. It can also mean just about every other sport with organized leagues. Conveniently, the youth fotball league I know ends by age 15. The question I have, is soccer a revenue sport for Pinellas County Schools or do costs exceed gate revenues?

Re: Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

Nothing here states they are cutting soccer!

They did not name any sport directly but...

"Janssen told the St. Petersburg Times' editorial board that the district is assessing how many students participate in athletics, the cost and participation levels for each sport and which programs are duplicated by local clubs."

"We're looking at some of the sports that our community groups offer anyway," she said. Questioned about which sports might be affected, she answered: "We're going to look at all of them."

That certainly means club soccer and rec soccer are offered outside of the school environment. It can also mean just about every other sport with organized leagues. Conveniently, the youth fotball league I know ends by age 15. The question I have, is soccer a revenue sport for Pinellas County Schools or do costs exceed gate revenues?

FOOTBALL WINS AGAIN AND WILL NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY ,WHY YOU ASK ? BECAUSE FOOTBALL BRINGS IN THE CA$H , UNLIKE SOCCER SAY WHAT YOU WILL , BUT FOOTBALL WILL NEVER BE IN QUESTION ..........

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They will not be cutting soccer!

Re: Pinellas County will drop soccer next year

Nothing here states they are cutting soccer!

They did not name any sport directly but...

"Janssen told the St. Petersburg Times' editorial board that the district is assessing how many students participate in athletics, the cost and participation levels for each sport and which programs are duplicated by local clubs."

"We're looking at some of the sports that our community groups offer anyway," she said. Questioned about which sports might be affected, she answered: "We're going to look at all of them."

That certainly means club soccer and rec soccer are offered outside of the school environment. It can also mean just about every other sport with organized leagues. Conveniently, the youth fotball league I know ends by age 15. The question I have, is soccer a revenue sport for Pinellas County Schools or do costs exceed gate revenues?

FOOTBALL WINS AGAIN AND WILL NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY ,WHY YOU ASK ? BECAUSE FOOTBALL BRINGS IN THE CA$H , UNLIKE SOCCER SAY WHAT YOU WILL , BUT FOOTBALL WILL NEVER BE IN QUESTION ..........

Unfortunately TRUE..... what a sad place that we live in. Almost ANYONE can make the football team (most don't even cut) and many barely make grades, but they DO bring in the $$$. My soccer player could make the football team ANY DAY and keep up the grades, but most football players could not play soccer and that is the TRUTH.

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This would actually be a good thing for club soccer.....just imagine not crap HS break in the middle of club soccer. The money paid to trainers would actually have to be earned . Just kidding but I do like the idea of just playing club and it think its better for development. I also know that Hills Co behind the scenes people are also talking about cutting soccer as well