BY RILEY WILSON
Eudora High School girls will have their own golf team in the spring after convincing the School Board Thursday night that they deserved their own sport.
The School Board unanimously voted in favor of the addition of a girls high school golf team rather than girls needing to join the boys team. The decision will provide new opportunities for Eudora sophomore Katy Pope and other girls like her.
“I wouldn’t have to choose between softball or golf,” Pope said. “I could play both.”
Along with Pope, sophomore Campbell McNorton and Susan De Voe discussed the benefits of adding girls golf to high school athletics. De Voe, a licensed mental health professional in the district, also advocated for the boys golf team last spring.
Golf is a lifetime sport and would have many benefits, De Voe said, like allowing students to remain active with less chance of injury and building relationships.
“It’s been proven that this is where a lot of business gets made, friends get made, why we think that it’s so important,” De Voe said.
In other business, Eudora Elementary School students spoke at the meeting to present what’s going on in their school and how they’re involved.
Elementary students discussed the Student Ambassadors and Cardinal Clubs programs as part of the school’s administrative report to the board.
Fifth-grader Cara Dodge discussed her involvement in theater and improv club as part of the Cardinal Clubs program.
“You’re given a scenario, usually during a game, and then we act it out,” Cara said.
There are 44 clubs for students to choose from, with the overall goal of building leadership skills.
Cara also described her involvement in a program that allows Cardinal Clubs to operate smoothly. The school developed a system of “bigs” and “littles,” where bigs, or older students, help kindergarten and first-graders, or littles, get to their clubs.
“You also have to make sure they’re not running in the halls or doing things that they’re not supposed to do,” Cara said. “If they need help during your Cardinal Club, then you make sure that you help them.”
The board also recognized high school state qualifying teams at the meeting. Boys and girls cross country, volleyball, band and the dance team were among the celebrated extracurriculars.
Both boys and girls cross country competed at the state meet this year, which coach Jim Barnard said he hopes to make an annual event.
“I think both teams’ future is very bright,” Barnard said. “We expect to be very competitive next year.”
In other news, Superintendent Steve Splichal updated the board on a recent late start survey. A second survey was sent out to provide some clarity on questions received from the first survey. There were previous questions as to whether breakfast would be served on a late start day and how it would affect transportation.
Splichal also reminded the board of the upcoming senior citizen Thanksgiving dinner and noted it’s time to begin building the 2020–21 academic calendar.
Reach reporter Riley Wilson at eudoratimes@gmail.com.
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