Recently, Rec Admin has been going through some program changes. At the end of last year, Rec Admin Teacher Emily Dodds found out that their main school, Spanger Elementary, would no longer need them.
“[Spanger] found out at the end of last year that they were going to have a full-time PE teacher, they hadn’t for the last 9 years. So when I met with the principal at the beginning of the school year he told us that he didn’t really have a need for our program anymore, and couldn’t justify giving the teachers an extra thirty minutes of prep,” Dodds said.
Some students in the Rec Admin class are disappointed with this change and believe this will bring up several issues they will have to deal with.
“I’m pretty upset that Rec Admin won’t be going to Spanger anymore, I went there in elementary school and so did a couple of my friends so we were really excited to go there and talk to the teachers we used to have,” Rec Admin student Carter Maldonado said.
“For one, we might have to change our lunch to first lunch so we can get there on time and like not waste class time,” Rec Admin student Skylar Callaway said.
“I’m super disappointed that we can’t go to Spanjor anymore because obviously proximity there is a feeder school we’ve worked with them for 10 years and so that’s a disappointment,” Dodds said.
These students also believe that the change in schools will bring up transportation issues.
“I think it’s a little weird this year. We’re going to have to go to a different school and the school that we are trying to go to, it’s like way farther, I don’t really like it. I think it’s kinda weird, especially some people that can’t drive or others that are just getting their license, they’re not legally allowed to drive people, so I think it’s going to be weird because people are going to have to carpool all over the place,” Callaway said.
“Finding a school is hard, and we found a school that is pretty far away, so we’re all going to have to make that trek, an it’s just really out of the way for us. This is going to affect the program a lot because a lot of the kids are in third period because they can’t drive to a school, and now we’re going to have to drive to a school so everyone is going to have to figure out rides. It’s just going to be inconvenient for a lot of people,” Maldonado said.
Dodds is disappointed that they will no longer be able to continue at Spanger, but is hopeful for the future at Diamond Creek.
“I’m super disappointed that we can’t go to Spanger because obviously proximity, they’re a feeder school, we’ve worked with them for ten years, so that’s a disappointment,” Dodds said, “but, the door is not completely shut. At the moment we are looking to go to Diamond Creek and we have an agreement with them to do so they’re all signed up. And logistically obviously it’s farther and we have to figure out some of those kinks but, they are happy to have us on board, their PE teachers on board which always makes such a big difference. Spanger at the moment, their teachers are kind of revolting about it, which makes it a maybe, so there’s a slight change in the spring that we can get back in there,”
