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The INDEPENDENT, March 15, 2000
Use of four gyms has created some problems for school district
Story and photos by Judy
Hill of The INDEPENDENT.
With the completion of the
new Banks Elementary School
in Sept. 1998 and the Banks
Junior High addition in Sept.
1999, the Banks district cam
pus now has four gyms being
used heavily by both students
and community. Problems
have begun to crop up since
the gyms have been opened
for use on Saturdays, when
building supervision is not
available.
The previous facilities were
barely sufficient for school use
and precluded community use,
said Superintendent Marilyn
McGlasson. “The new gyms
have allowed us to attempt to
meet the needs of all school
and community youth groups,
as well as adult use for volley
ball, aerobics and pick-up
games. These are community
facilities, paid for with commu
nity taxes,” she said.
Weekdays, there is custodi
al staff on duty from 6:00 a.m.
to 11:00 p.m. The buildings are
unlocked and locked, cleaned
and supervised during these
hours. Masterful scheduling
has been accomplished by ath
letic director Jim Foster on the
school side and parent-volun
teer David Updyke for commu
nity youth sports activities, said
Jr. High Principal Ted Faro.
Demand has become so
great that the district has been
allowing community use of fa
cilities on Saturdays, even
though there is no paid super
vision on weekends. Security
issues involve who will open
and close the buildings, turn off
lights, clean and generally
keep an eye on things. In this
age of heightened school secu
rity, keys can’t be handed out
to all comers. There is also the
need to protect the investment
the community has made in
these facilities.
Additionally,
McGlasson
says, there have been in
stances of minor vandalism
and disturbing evidence of kids
running wild with no supervi
sion inside the school buildings
on Saturdays. Basketballs
have been found all over the
buildings, food has been
spilled on floors, kickball has
been played with basketballs in
the hallways, bathrooms have
been trashed, a table broken
and some classroom materials
have been tampered with.
Child safety is an issue, too.
McGlasson said parents need
to be aware of where their chil
dren are and that even though
the schools are open for specif
ic community sports events,
children who are not participat
ing in those events will be un
supervised. Community pro
gram coaches have no author
ity or responsibility except as
coaches for their events.
This gym at Banks Junior High School teemed with people in a photo taken during the re
cent district wrestling tournament.
Weekend supervision of four
facilities is not in the budget,
unless money is moved from
some other area, perhaps to
supervise just one gym, said
McGlasson.
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“The district is trying to fig
ure out how to balance maxi
mum use with supervision,
safety and protection of our in
vestment,“ she said. “Mean
while, we need help and under
standing from the community.”
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