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Anybody wanna coach a track team?

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All of the track and field coaches at Lexington’s Bryan Station High School, including two-time state championship-winning head coach Kathy Dodsworth, were relieved of their duties last week without explanation to players and families, according to school district correspondence and a parent. Waarithah Muhammad, the mother of two members of the girls’ track team, said in an interview Sunday that team members received a letter from Dodsworth and three other coaches on Jan. 26 that said, “It’s with a heavy heart that I have to write this to you all. “Unfortunately, the athletic department and Fayette County Public Schools Athletics have decided to relieve all of the track coaches of their duties. We will no longer be able to coach you,” the letter said. “Please know that each of us love you and want nothing but the best for you, and that this was not any of our choices.”
Dodsworth did not immediately respond to an email from the Herald-Leader asking for comment. According to her biographical information at fcps.net, Dodsworth (nee Broadnax) has been a health and physical education teacher at Bryan Station for at least 16 years. She was in her second season back as track and field coach this year after some time away from the program.
She led the boys’ track team to a state championship in 2012 and the girls’ program to a state title in 2014. That year she was named Kentucky track and field coach of the year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Fayette County Public Schools’ spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall, in response to questions from the Herald-Leader, provided a Jan. 26 letter that boys’ and girls’ track and field team members received from Bryan Station High School Athletic Director Abby Jackson. In the letter, Jackson said that Ashtin Flener, head cross country coach, former distance running coach, and Bryan Station High School teacher, would “support the team” for the remainder of the season.
Jackson’s letter said that she typically did not comment on personnel matters and she could not provide further details at this time. Muhammad said team members had received a letter from Flener that said, “I am so sorry this is happening in the middle of your season. ... I am stepping in for the remainder of the indoor season so you all are able to continue practicing and competing.” Teams will continue competing in scheduled indoor meets, Flener said. The outdoor season has not yet begun.
“I know the past 24 hours have been full of emotions. I know you all are understandably concerned, upset, confused, any number of emotions, “ Flener’s letter said. “I wish I had answers and could offer you all an explanation. However, I’m here to offer support for you all in any capacity you may need during this time.” Muhammad said some students were organizing an effort to ask that the coaches who were dismissed be reinstated. Muhammad said the team had been doing well. Dodsworth, she said, “is a great coach and she cares about the kids.”
 
Wow !! Some great football players have come out of BSHS where track was a big part of it!
Yep, seems a little strange on the surface. Of course, Fayette County schools is following their regular pattern, where they hide, say no comment, and have board members fall in line to not ask questions and repeat the company line. If they didn’t have a list of shenanigans like this, you all wouldn’t have to hear from me 😉.
 
You’re performing quite a service, copying and pasting. What a hero.

Also it sounds like they have a coach already.
 
Just so we know, is this another bash the FCPS thread? I am asking for Hank Camacho, before he does so.

Sorry to be a bother, but could not read the OP link
 
One of two things...

1) The entire coaching staff blatantly broke the law or a school board policy

2) The school board has a new policy that she isn’t willing to comply with (one that wasn’t in place during her last coaching stint at the school so she wasn’t aware of it when she took the job)

My expert opinion is that it is #2.

Just be patient. Social media will spit out what happened soon enough.
 
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Yep, seems a little strange on the surface. Of course, Fayette County schools is following their regular pattern, where they hide, say no comment, and have board members fall in line to not ask questions and repeat the company line. If they didn’t have a list of shenanigans like this, you all wouldn’t have to hear from me 😉.
Speaking of..this Dunbar principal deal (being on leave) gonna resolve itself or nah?
 
Speaking of..this Dunbar principal deal (being on leave) gonna resolve itself or nah?
This past week they extended his paid suspension again another 20 days. The suspension first started Nov 3rd, so we are coming up on 3 months. They just keep extending the paid suspension 20 days. I think they are afraid to fire him for fear of court battles…..the NAACP already stepped in questioning the school system’s handling of the situation, so they are up against them also. I wonder if they are just giving him time to find another job, while they just keep paying him. It’s been reported staff at Dunbar had been complaining about him to the school system before this horrible tragedy so if true I don’t see how they could bring him back.
 
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