Hayfield

[cutnjump]

Well sometimes adults have to make appropriate/correct adult decisions. Kids are kids on both sides of this unfortunate aisle. They need to understand that life is not always roses/fair. Sometimes you have to sacrifice for the betterment of all. A lot of dead men lay in Arlington cemetery who were forced to fight for something they may or may not have believed in.

This situation could and should have been resolved weeks, if not months, ago if the Fairfax County Superintendent and VHSL Executive Director had properly and fully done their jobs. Instead they elevated what should have been a local situation into a major CF rising to the state level.

 

[awjones1978]

Well sometimes adults have to make appropriate/correct adult decisions. Kids are kids on both sides of this unfortunate aisle. They need to understand that life is not always roses/fair. Sometimes you have to sacrifice for the betterment of all. A lot of dead men lay in Arlington cemetery who were forced to fight for something they may or may not have believed in.

At some point the adults have to put this back in the hands of the kids. I understand the coaches frustrations but as a senior gearing up for my final playoff run our coach would've had to fight the whole team if he said we were forfeiting to make a stand.

I wouldn’t put this in the hands of a kid, kids didn’t start this.

 

[GoBlue2109]

I wouldn’t put this in the hands of a kid, kids didn’t start this.

Didn't mean let the kids actually decide. Just meant at this point let the kids play and let the adults deal with their mess off the field. Forfeiting now only hurts the kids of those programs. The coaches will have another year. . . The seniors won't.

If these same coaches want to block Hayfield out of the region next year I'm all for it. But don't punish your own team.

 

[cutnjump]

Didn't mean let the kids actually decide. Just meant at this point let the kids play and let the adults deal with their mess off the field. Forfeiting now only hurts the kids of those programs. The coaches will have another year. . . The seniors won't.

If these same coaches want to block Hayfield out of the region next year I'm all for it. But don't punish your own team.

The timeliness of the stand, ironic given all that has transpired, matters, in my opinion.

 

[tommythecpa]

I think the FCPS will take care of the situation in the off season. Probably will be staff reassignments at the least.

 

[falcettik]

And yet another article I discovered through another site. This one is a very long read but really tells the story in its entirety. Not much new, but there are some bits of information this reporter got from people involved who most have not heard from.

How An Imported State Champion Blew Up Virginia High School Football | Defector

Administrators at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Va., set out late last year to create a football powerhouse. The principal and athletic director, both new to the school, recruited the coach from Freedom High School, a school located in a neighboring county that had claimed the state...

defector.com

 

[SPL311U]

But wait it gets better…🙄…

Reid summons coaches to Gatehouse meeting after leveling racism charge

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid has summoned to a meeting tonight at Gatehouse headquarters the six football coaches who sent her a letter on Monday expressing a vote

www.fairfaxtimes.com

 

[falcettik]

This is becoming absurd. FCPS is well on the way to becoming a laughing stock in educational circles.

 

[cutnjump]

This is becoming absurd. FCPS is well on the way to becoming a laughing stock in educational circles.

They have been a laughingstock on this issue for a while and they just continue to dig the hole deeper.

 

[757FridayNiteZ]

I've been watching from a far (relocating)... Read a couple intriguing articles from today in Fairfax.

6 FCPS Coaches signed a letter with plans to forfeit their games vs Hayfield. Not sure if they'll be playoff games... Or can they forfeit games already played? Or both?

FCPS School board has fired the law firm who represented the families that filed the injunction vs the VHSL..

Same school board is preparing to conduct their own investigation. Sounds like things are getting very serious.... Too bad they waited so long to get involved!

 

[SPL311U]

Not FCPS… City of Fairfax School Board. Two different things.

 

[757FridayNiteZ]

Oh, okay, thanks too many layers!!!

 

[757FridayNiteZ]

Sound more ominous that the city is now involved?

 

[SPL311U]

The gift that keeps on giving...

Reid doesn’t resolve problems with coaches amid Hayfield football scandal, as FCPS calls police on journalists

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Superintendent Michelle Reid met tonight with about 17 principals, football coaches, and directors of student activities, without resolving controversies surrounding alleged recruitment violations at Hayfield

www.fairfaxtimes.com