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3.22.2006
Wouldn't You Hate To Have A Job . . .
. . . where it makes news every time your position changed?
From the Update: COACH REASSIGNED — The Bridgeport School Board approved in a 6-1 vote Monday night the reassignment of high school coach Lori Lammers. Lammers, who has served as the varsity head coach in softball and volleyball the last four years, has been reassigned to the middle school beginning in the fall. Athletic Director Danny Henson, who recommended the coach’s contract not be renewed, said both programs need to go in a new direction.
I mean you never heard about Omar being demoted to cashier at Luby's.
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Did Henson question if the boys football program should be going in a different direction? To my recollection, the Bulls have been pretty mediocre for many years.
I think the Football program ,made the playoffs? How about volleyball? Think NOT! I do however want to say this:
Coaches go to school learing how to coach and lead. Then a pissed off parent calls some of their friends that have (or think they have) a little stroke. It seems that when the Bridgeport parents get pissed off they get some sort of B.S. petition going. If the HEAD COACH does not want the coach, the HEAD COACH should make the freaking decision. PARENTS need to let the coaches do their job, as athletics is more that what takes place on and off the court. I would guess that the pissed off parents were not athletes anyway. TOO MANY GOOD coaches leave scools all across Texas, because of stupid parents. Henson does a great job and I am proud to work with him. Several B'port parents that bring issues to the A.D. and the school board is sometime seen as crying wolf. It seems that one person from B'port goes to the A.D. about the Math Team, Head Boys Coach, Volleyball Coach, Fire Alarms at the Elementery, and the list goes on. I know who I will NOT buy a house from!!!!!!!
Let HENSON run his coaches like he wants to, that is why we hired him!
Is making the playoffs the criteria for sucess? In football that can mean winning about 2 or 3 league games. Big deal! Maybe Henson does as well as can be expected with what he has to work with.
I agree with 10:26 with that Henson has to do the best he can do with what he has. He has not had a lot in the Volleyball area. My daughter has Lammers in class and I am not sure what goes on, but she does not care for Coach Lammers. It seems that she tells me that Lammers is very confrontational with the other coaches and uses the "F" word freely. I know my daughter is not an angel, but LEAD BY EXAMPLE and Lammers apparently does not do that very well. BYE BYE........
Salaries for teachers/administrators is also often publicized which is awful, I think. As far as the coach goes and athletics, WAY too much focus in schools is on winning and sports.
10:17, the rest of this is for you - stop sucking up to Henson or at least get out of the house and hear what 99.9% of folks from Bridgeport say about Henson. He's headed out the door too. Or at least should be.
Parents do cry/complain about/to coaches when they are wrong. They also cry/complain about/to coaches when they have valid reasons too. The problem is they are "labeled" when they do have a legitimate problem and marked a problem parent.
Pretty arogant to say that the parents who complain were probably not athletes - most probably were athletes if the truth be known. You sound like a stereotypical hot head coach with not much brains. If you are a parent who "works" with Henson, you definitely need to get your head out of his a...
I've worked with (yes as an occupation) with coaches many many years and most of them are the worst employees and teachers districts have on the payroll.
headed out the door? He just got a 3 year extension added to his contract. He is in the process of building a house in Bridgeport. 99% of Bridgeport like him and what he does. Get out of your cacoon and circle of friends and look around. He makes mistakes. But I was taught in Sunday School that everyone, but one, does.
A contract does not mean everyone likes him...it means the administration and school board like him....I do not hear a lot of postive things about him and I am not in the main stream booster crowd...It does not matter to me one way or the other because I do not have children in the system but I don't think he is like by 99% of the people in town... I agree with 11:09. I have been in education for years and some of the worst classroom teachers have been coaches... Way too much focus on sports, not just Bridgeport but in Texas.
The only people that do not like Henson obviously have a short memories. Where else could you find someone who could do what he has done for this city? Do you think that it was a miracle that in 1993 talent showed up in Bridgeport? Were they all move ins? Anyone who could question the sucess is an idiot.
Amen 11:54!!!
And wouldn't we all gasp if this much attention were given to educating our children.
You are right. Way too much focus on sports in school.....
WAY too much focus.
And we've all heard about coaches and teaching in the classroom.
What a joke!
No question Henson has meant alot for Bridgeport's Football program. I hear people say he revitalized their program, hell what program? He built their program. As far as him being mediocre, they make the playoffs and they win in the playoffs. They could be 2-8 going to the playoffs but if you win when it counts then who cares.
Has Lammers won when it counted? Let me answer that for you, NO!
Does Henson support the girls programs like he should? I can't answer that honestly but I can say some parents are making it very difficult for him to try!
He is making a move that as the AD he feels is in the best interest of his program and kids, but apparently one group of parents feel they know better. Maybe the Admin should hire them as AD instead.
Henson recently got a three year extension and the Admin backed him on Lammers, so I think he is doing something right. He is not going anywhere so you might as well get on board.
Well I must say that playing for Henson was intense and that he is a class act. I do not have my head up his a@#, I respect him and do not mind telling you. So for 11:09 you can kiss my a@#!!!! Coaches do well and some not so well in the classroom. Hell I am one of those and yes I like to coach, but I also like to teach. Probably your damn kid! I will also say that coaching is a "political" job as you have to keep everyones mommie and daddie happy. My goal is to EDUCATE YOUR children how to be a winner, on and OFF the court. I demand from, the kids CLASS and very hard DISCLIPLINE which helps them in the real world. To quote one of my students and players "I am sorry my mom and dad are complaining about all this, I think they need to let me play my game!" Anyone recognize those remarks and know if that is your child. EDUCATION is important, but I assure you if a math teacher pisses off a parent (or relator)we would be reading the same ol' crap but instead of sports it would be academics.
ATHLETICS TEACHES KIDS TO WORK HARD, BE A TEAM PLAYER, BE RESPONSIBLE, AND NEVER SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST....one hell of a trait to have and I assure you my athletes are held to a HIGHER STANDARD than the average student.
12:49, it scares me to think of you as a classroom teacher. You are the epitomy of a bad teacher/coach. You can't even spell! AND your language is atrocious, especially in writing. I'll bet you are using an ISD computer too. Am I using too big of words for you? I'm sure you got your degree from a great college with a 4.0. You also need some anger management training. I can tell your people skills are lacking as well.
You also can't DEMAND class from students and hard discipline??? You treat kids and parents with respect and they will treat you with respect. Plain and simple. You are far too condescending to be respectful of others, especially kids. Kids are way smarter than you think they are.
I am almost positive you never taught my children because they are probably about your age (in years that is). They were well rounded and both in the top 5% of their class so I'm sure you didn't know them.
Back to your language. I've gone to church with some of the most mild mannered nice guys who are coaches, yet when they put those polyester shorts on, they behave like a prisoner serving time for rape and manslaughter, put in solitary for a month, and let out with his hands tied behind his back. Screaming at kids, shouting profanities, belittling, and demoralizing kids teaches children a great deal. It teaches fear, self-loathing, anger, resentment, and hated. You have learned a great deal from Coach Henson - something I'm sure he is very proud of.
In the U.S. we don't have these kinds of problems. You people down here in Texaco have ISSUES!!!
Anon 12:49
If you are a coach like you said....you are proving why our kids deserve BETTER!
Oh I forgot...It is ok to cuss kids if you coach football, as long as you make the playoffs.
Give us a BREAK!
Barry you have done it now!!! God forbid that we say anything about Friday Night Lights in Texas.
Anon 10:17
Since when is the AD over the Math Team? I am beginning to see why our High School was "UNACCEPTABLE"
Heaven help us if you are a teacher!
It seems to me that most of the people leaving comments, have no idea what a coach or his family go through during the couse of a season.......and for what..this BS?? Get a grip people, sounds like to me we have too many sideline or Monday morning coaches...
What about the coach and "HER" Family.....?
Either or.......his or HERS!
2:24 - Not a coach or family member here, but I think you need to get some perspective. Even though coaching is your spouses' occupation, his/her occupation needs to be put in perspective in regards to your own life. Sounds like you and your family put too much emphasis on the season if it affects your home life. If your phone is ringing off the wall, or if it is stressful for you for some other reason, you are the one to blame here.
My father was a school teacher and administrator and yes, the phone does ring especially at times where something big in the dept. happens, but all you have to do is let the answering machine pick it up or don't answer the phone - put it on silent ring. If the phone is ringing off the wall, there may be trouble that YOU need to get resolved because if things run as they should, that shouldn't be happening. Maybe your spouse is spending too much family time during his/her 'season'. Everyone has stress on the job so basically I have no sympathy for you.
I thought Barry's comment was about having your name in the paper for getting a demotion. Something went very wrong here.
How 'bout we end this entire discussion in a logical manner. School is for education; take athletics, band, etc. out of the SCHEDULED school day and use the ENTIRE day for training minds to earn a living and be citizens. If Johnny wants to do the afore mentioned, let mom and pop write a check to PAY for Johnny to participate. For those who cannot afford to do so, provide INTRAMURAL competion instead of PE and hire GOOD TEACHERS willing to spend a few minutes each day to teach students the finer points of sportsmanship, team play, etc., etc. This way, school budgets are SIGNIFICANTLY reduced, "teachers" aren't hired because the know good linebacker technique or can arrange a score to "South Pacific" , and this incipid yea-yea back and forth will come to an end. As a tax payer, I could sure use some relief, and reducing the salary budget by 12%-15% sounds like a logical way to do it. After all, since when is an AD worth being the second highest paid employee in an ISD? But it is just a thought.
Wizard:
You are a pompous windbag. What makes you think it is your mission to "end this entire discussion in a logical manner"?
Why are you people who have henson up your buss comparing football and volleyball. lets see:
football has been played at BHS for 85 years
volleyball has been played at BHS for 4 years
(football was not successful for its first 50 years)
football only plays 5 district games, and winning 2 can = playoffs
volleyball plays 10 district games and you have get 6 or 7 to get it
the football coaches know nothing about defense
the volleyball team plays defense
if onfield success is a measure of good work, i demand henson to fire ....
his baseball coach - no playoffs in 4 years
his boys basketball coach - no playoffs in 3 years
his girls cross country coach - never gets out of district
his boys cross country coach - never gets out of district
his 5 football defensive coaches - can stop paint from drying
3:30
Nor my spouseor i are coaches...
but thanks for playing
WOW 4:39 seems to know how to run an athletic dept. Maybe he will submit his resume.........
Good Luck Dreamer
You Bridgeport people have more things to worry about - like getting rid of the SISSIES name. People, the Bulls haven't been the BULLIES for what, 20-30 years (I really don't know)... but the name Sissies doesn't fit any more. Besides, in today's culture, at least, the name is derogatory and downright stupid! Like calling your boys' teams the Pansies!
Just my opinion... and no, I'm not from Decatur or even Wise county...
those of you that can do a better job than henson, step right up
someone needs to be policing henson and not let him fool everyone by him policing everyone else.
when his staff are role models then he should worry about others, but his coaches are the most foul-mouth men i have ever heard, and anyone at the battle of big sandy game where the coaches got their butts handed to them by decatur yet again heard plenty of vulgar things come out of the mouths of those grown men on the sideline.
Why do we need to micro manage henson, shouldn't we just let him do his job. Also why is it that ALL boy coaches are bad teachers in the classroom but can teach players to memorize playbooks!! We heard several students talk about how Great a Teacher Coach Lammars is at the School Board Meeting Monday Night. Athletics are a very important part of our current culture and contribute greatly to the development of our kids. It is the consent bickering of the parents that create a negative environment for them to learn.
To 11:08. If Lammars had used the "F" word, Mr. Henson would not have had to ask her to resign, Mr. Talley would have done it for him. You obviously know very little about this person and should therefore, stop spreading trash that you know is absolutely ridiculous. I think we all know who uses vulgar language around the kids, and it isn't Lammars.
To 10:17. You obviously were a jock because you can't put a complete sentence together. If the AD had a reason to fire Lammars, he should say so. The point is, he doesn't. I wonder if the parents were there to keep Henson's job, or yours, if you would feel the same way.
To 11:28 - Lammars contract was renewed last year also.
Finally, in case any one wants to hear the truth, and I truly doubt they do, the reason Lammars is leaving is because she cared too much about our kids. Some of the other bullies, oh, excuse me,I mean coaches,act as if they're still in high school and set out in September to run a smear campaign, and succeeded. There is no "rest of the story".
Lammars has been a dedicated educator and Bridgeport's loss will be someone's else's gain.
To 143 : LOL Couldn't have said it better myself!
Let's see, can we figure out who this might be?
Having been around Lammers for the past four years at BHS I have learned a lot about the woman she is:
She is by far one of the best teachers I have had the opportunity to learn from. Taking her advanced class she has prepared me for my entrance into college more than any other instructor at BHS.
She has truly developed a good program that has yet to see stellar results – but good things take time to develop and her volleyball team as well as softball team is developing well despite the win/loss ratio. She came in and made things happen for a program that already started off in the wrong direction – it being a girls sport and being played the same time football players hit the field.
She may have gotten a rap for being tough on her athletes but not more than any other coach – male or female. Everyone has their own style to teach and coach – and everyone (student or athlete) must learn to adjust to change as the world is not catered to one individual.
Hearing claims that Lammers doesn’t care about her students/athletes, throws around fowl language and is disrespectful to fellow employees baffles me as I have been around her since entering BHS.
This entire situation is quite hard to believe because her name is being tarnished by a lot of people that truly have no right in saying anything. I have no opinion on the matter on her reassignment and I only write this to let it be known that she isn’t a bad person that is at BHS for malicious reasons. I know, I have been a student and someone that has worked with her on the court.
Hummm, A note from an articulate student from BHS. She supports Lammers. Says she's a good teacher. However, the AD has her removed from the HS for whatever reason. I don't know either Lammers or Henson but I'll wager she could teach circles around him. But since when was education a high priority at BHS?
to 4:49 PM
Like Lady Bulls is okay???!!! Just what the heck is a Lady Bull? Sort of like calling the Graham girls the Lady Steers. Get a grip and worry about something important. Go Sissies all the way!
"Director Danny Henson, who recommended the coach’s contract not be renewed, said both programs need to go in a new direction."
DH had to back down on his intent to fire because his reasons were bogus and LL called his unprepared butt. Believe me, DH hated that but had no choice but to accept the reassignment option. He knew he only had trumped up reasons that would not hold up in court. If he had been performing his duties as the AD all along, none of this would have happened. Just another example of grading out at F for being paid as the AD.
to 11:49 PM
So let's grade out DH.
Offensive football coach = A (scores lots of points but next year will be a challenge)
Head football coach = B- (how many studs only play on 1 side of the ball (offense) while the team routinely gets their behinds kicked by teams whose best kids never come off of the field)
Athletic director = F (routinely screws up other sports, especially girls. Remember the Mulinax (sp?) fiasco, then looses Guise after only 1 year, then promotes the wife of a assistant football coach to be the varsity girls coach, and now Lammers) Absolutely an "F"
WOW! All you posters who give grades should be a teacher. This is crazy. The lady was not fired, she still has a job, still getting her same pay. Everyone needs to chill out.
I have a daughter who played under Lammers. Let me say we did not finish out playing for her.
To 508
You must have been pretty close to the sideline, and have "superhuman" hearing to hear all of those bad words over the band and the rest of the crowd.....
Maybe those coaches shouldnt be intense, and into the game, wanting to win.. You seem to be very passive, and dont seem to have a grasp on reality. Coaches are human, and humans slip up in a moment, when they have passion about what they're doing. Take a look around at the rest of the world, ie.. TV, Radio, kids today arent angels....... Im pretty sure that coaches are there because they want to be, and care about kids. Whats sad is every town you go to, there are always those people who dont care about sports or winning, they only want to look for something to raise hell about. Im sure that your kid and their peers say and hear worse stuff than a coach will ever say on the sideline.
To all the Henson Haters,
Henson is the AD.
Quit crying about it.
If Henson left you would just find something about the new AD to cry about......
No more crying
Based on history I think Henson’s afraid of losing control over the girls program…
Mullanx wanted more control over her program ~ gone.
Guice wanted more control over his program ~ gone.
Lammers wanting more control over her program ~ gone.
One reason Whitsell got the position of head basketball was because she was content staying under strict control under Henson (mainly his control over the budget). All other applicants wants control of their program.
To 8:25 Are only male coaches allowed to be intense?
And I quote,"Whats sad is every town you go to, there are always those people who dont care about sports or winning, they only want to look for something to raise hell about."
Why not let LL do her job?
If Bridgeport really cared about the kids, they wouldn't be spending so much time, and if this goes to litigation, so much money. The next girls' head coach needs to either be a man or a mouse because real women are resented when in positions of authority.
henson has destroyed the girls program.
if he thinks the softball and volleyball programs need to move in new directions, he needs to run off five more head coaches.
yes lammers was fired, a reassignment to middle school is they to make her quit. if you were a big-wig at devon and you were reassiged to janitor, would you stay? NOPE!
henson is a great coach, bad AD -- hopefully the new super will not let henson run the district as he has for 10 years now. schools are for learning, and no one has had anything but praise about lammers as a teacher, so why do you run off a good teacher?
Where was all this passion for Lammars on Monday night !! Why was the campaign (petition) lead by freshman parents ??
just FYI, Lammers was reassigned in her coaching position, but is still teaching at the high school.
11:00am, Unfortunately I'm only a (substantial) taxpayer with no kids in school. I don't know the particulars of the current situation but it's pretty clear that Henson and football supersede all else - including academics - at BISD. With our tax base increased substantially, my school tax rate remains high. Somehow they say we need more schools and greater spending while I see our student population actually DECLINED this year.
Much seems wrong with the administration at BISD including the school board and the AD. This Lammers firing is just the tip of the incompetents iceberg.
who cares who led the petition, the points is NO ONE at the school board meeting had anything negitive to say about her, only positive.
we still have not been told why the change, and her attorney's will get to the bottom of it and the AD's will not smell like roses like he always does.
To 10:05
Men or Women, a coach is a coach!
I am really sad that my husband (a coach) spends so much time away from his family for this. This is the prime example that makes me wonder......for what? We have two small children that sometimes go to bed at night without seeing their daddy for the day. I knew from the very beginning that was a sacrifice I would have to face when having children. My husband, being a dedicated coach, loves his job. I sometimes wonder if years down the road we will regret that he missed out on spending his evenings at home with the family. Did you know that during football season he works 7 days a wk. Saturday from 8 to 2 and Sunday from 2 until midnight or later? I can assure you that he is not putting in that many hours for nothing. Coaching is something he chooses to do because he loves it. He earns great reward to see a student learn and do something that he has taught them. It is really hard for me to read all these negative things knowing that my husband gives 110% to the students he faces. (On and off the field) Coaches are not all horrible.
11:38 I couldn't agree more, but we all know there is a double standard!
The fact is that LL was asked to resign. Only after administration was made aware that they could not legally ask her to resign did they save face with the reassignment. Too bad for them that she is a history teacher that is also familiar with something called "the law" and her rights under something called the U.S. Constitution.
Darn I bet Henson hates when that happens!
Will this blog get the award for the most hits.....
One thing for certain that will come out of this situation. No future coaches in BISD or probably Wice County will ever get the respect of getting advance notice of nonrenewal and allowed to leave with grace and dignity. They will get hit with the notice in front of everyone. So many are blaming DH, has anyone thought about what LL decision to make this a public forum has done !!
We could spice up this a little if we knew Lammers or Henson is opposed to Iraq war or wants to pray to class or to the team. Or how about some boobs so the catdaddy could comment? Then maybe someone would take notice and post something.
Quote, "So many are blaming DH, has anyone thought about what LL decision to make this a public forum has done !! "
I cannot understand why so many of you think that LL is the one to make this public! To this day, she still has not even discussed this with her team.
The students learned about this before LL did. They overheard some coaches talking about it on the bus on Saturday. LL was asked to resign on the following MOnday.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people are willing to make false accusations that hurt and destroy another human being.
Shame on all of you. Maybe you should go read the Golden Rule one hundred times.
1:19 If she has not discussed this with her team, we must ask ourselves WHY ??? Are they not owed an explination ?? If she had the best interest of the kids at heart, she would have taken the news from DH and asked them to stay out of the fray. Instead she allowed them to be put in the limelight with no explination why !! Let her boss be thrown under the bus and publicly ridiculed for a recommendation he made to try and imporove the program he was hired to run!! DH did not have the final say in this matter.
You are so right. DH did not have the final say - the lawyers did!
As a taxpayer, why is BISD willing to waste this kind of money and legal exposure? First you pay DH $80,000 to coach football....he does not do anything else! Now you are going to pay for TWO head Volleyball and Softball Coaches and only have One actually do the job. Not to mention what $$$$ she may get if she takes them all to court? I resent the Heck out of this mismanagement!
Does anyone else find it interesting that the only lawyer on the school board voted against the demotion? Do you think he sees a legal problem coming in the future regarding this mess!
If she DOESN'T walk out of Bridgeport owning a part of it, it will be because she is a decent person.
To 2:53...The lawyer on the school board knew his vote wouldn't matter and also knew if he didn't vote as he did, he would have to listen to his secretary whine about it forever. Now he can throw up his hands and tell her hey, I voted against this. If the school board could just open the personnel file and show everyone why they voted as they did, I bet it sure would save a lot of bickering. For the person who said Henson only coaches football and nothing else, you are showing how ignorant you are. The assumption that coaches are bad teachers is just wrong. Some of the best teachers my kids have had are coaches. As for Coach Lammers, if you are not one of the chosen few, it can be very hard to be around her. People that thrive on conflict generally flock together and when that happens, this is what it comes to. Why can't you accept the administration had more facts than we do and trust them to make the proper decision?
To 3:39
Finally, someone who makes scense.
I agree with you, but i guess we're wrong, because most of the bloggers know it all......
3:39 the personel file has been received via the Open Records Act and there are no violations, reprimands, warnings or negative work history.
so bark up another tree and lie somewhere else
To 3:39 I would give anything if administration could open her file, because what everyone would see in there is a squeaky clean file with glowing evaluations since the day she began teaching/coaching! Why do you think they backed down from firing her? Because they have no legal basis to do so. If they could fire someone for having a bad attitude or upsetting parents, there would be very few coaches left! You are the one who knows nothing about the "real story", because as I stated earlier, there is no "real story". This is just a simple case of bullying, and she fought back. Hurrah for her!
To 8:25 am:
I've been on the sidelines with the Bridgeport football coaches. Believe me, there is cursing. It doesn't take "superhuman hearing" to know that. Maybe whoever wrote that comment knows a little more about what's going on then you do. Quit talking out of your ass. And it not only happens on the sideline in the moment but it also happens at practice, not in the moment.
Anon 4:34 you called me a liar so here goes....you are an idiot. Personnel files are not subject to the open records act, that's why personnel matters are discussed in executive session. If you know what was discussed in executive session and you were not there, it becomes a criminal matter. I am not sure but I believe Coach Lammers would be the only one to make that file public. I believe the members of the school board are men of integrity and I will stand behind them on this one.
to 3:39 PM
"For the person who said Henson only coaches football and nothing else, you are showing how ignorant you are."
Yea there is some ignorant here, but surprise, it's you.
DH is horrid as an AD, he teaches no class, attends very few subvarsity or middle school games, doesn't effectively manage his subordinates, allows things such as the LL fiasco to get out of hand, abuses his position by traipsing all over town doing personnal errands.
DH is a football coach stealing AD pay from the BISD taxpayers.
Well, well, well.....seems the BISD website at www.bridgeportisd.net forgot we had a few girls make all district and all state in Basketball. I am sure it will be fixed asap, but is this not just another glaring example of what is so very wrong at BHS. Sorry girls, we are proud of you!
Better clean it up fellas!
Check out Local Board Policy for BISD, DFBB LOCAL #23:
Use of profanity in the course of performing any duties of employment, whether on or off school premises, in the presence of students, staff, or members of the public, if reasonably characterized as unprofessional.
*Funny thing, I can't find the words..."except in football practice/games!"
Do you think Bridgeport is the only school where cursing occurs? I hope your not that ignorant. It happens at every school. I am not condoning it, but it should not even be brought up as an issue.
To 5:11 Talking out my ass huh...
Well if you are on the sideline, and at practice to hear all of the bad words, and you have such a problem with it, why dont you say something about it....??? I guess talking out of my ass is better than not talking at all...
Its ok, dont be affraid to stand up for yourself coward..!
Why don't those of you accusing coaches of cussing at games put names with the accusations instead of smearing the entire staff?
In response to the coach's wife at 12:31: This incident should tell you that no matter how dedicated, competent, successful, or hard working your husband happens to be, that when Mr. Henson decides he wants him gone, he will be gone. No valid reason required. Even if your husband is the best academic teacher at his campus, he will be gone. Period. Mr. Henson does not care about you or your children. Seven days a week, all those extra hours at school. Is it really worth it?
Quote: it should not even be brought up as an issue.
If it shouldn't be brought up as an "issue" maybe you guys ought to go before the school board and ask them to change the rule. I mean after all, obscene language is a valuable lesson we need to be teaching our young men. Best way I know of to get someone's attention.
Quote: Do you think Bridgeport is the only school where cursing occurs? I hope your not that ignorant. It happens at every school.
Well, not at EVERY school. There are a few out there who rise above the norm and try to teach by example.
Just sad that B'port is not one of them.
This is posted at Grapevine High School Website Under Boys Basketball, I wish BISD had the same philosophy. Does anything else really matter?
Boys' Basketball Policies, Rules, and Guidelines
Building for success through:
Character - developing self-discipline
Academics - developing the mind
Athletics - developing the body
Head Coach - Darryn Shearmire
"It's All about team" "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but, in humility, consider others better than yourself. Look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
Phillippians 2:3-4
Concerned Parent
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