Tonight\u00a030 baseball players and 20\u00a0parents poured into the School District office to protest the district not renewing the contract of Park City high School Baseball Coach Lou Green.<\/p>\n
Seven parents, coaches, and former players got up to speak in defense of Coach\u00a0Green and to plead\u00a0for the district to reconsider their stance. These people noted that Coach Green\u00a0changed their lives, “was an amazing role model”, and grew youth baseball in Park City.\u00a0Mike Stokes, who was\u00a0a Park City Baseball coach last year, credits the the coach with changing the program. He said that until Coach Green arrived Park City players were often called\u00a0“jerks” and acted poorly in many\u00a0cases. He says that has all changed due to Coach Green.<\/p>\n
The school board repeatedly stated\u00a0that they were\u00a0not responsible for employee matters. One member of the public said they are being told that the school board is ultimately responsible. The citizen said that supporters of Green\u00a0want to know who\u00a0they can talk to get the\u00a0coach rehired.<\/p>\n
In the only official response during the meeting, School Board Superintendent Dr Ember Conley commented\u00a0that it is an adult matter and she “can’t get into it here.” She said\u00a0that ultimately Administrative decisions are on her shoulders. She says that personnel decisions are private by law, so she can’t get into details of issues.<\/p>\n
After the meeting I got the chance to speak to a few supporters of Coach Green. I asked their opinions on why\u00a0the Coach Green’s contract was not being renewed. The supporters said\u00a0that was the problem; they said no one, not even the coach, knew why he was not able to continue coaching at Park City High. One person noted that they were told there was something in Coach Green’s file that prevented the coach from being rehired but that the coach provided his file to parents of players and they saw nothing definitive.<\/p>\n
Right now there seem to be a number of questions but\u00a0a whole bunch\u00a0of people who wish to see Coach Green back in the dugout. Hopefully the School District and Mr.\u00a0Green can come to an agreement about what can be shared so the public can understand what has actually happened and decide what actions they should take based on the facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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