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Sports For Girls; Board Receptive

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9
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October
Year
1969
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Yea team! The cheering wasn't overt, but smiles on the faces of members of the Ann Arbor public schools Board of Education indicated that a recommendation for interscholastic sports for high school girls had won their support. The trustees heard the recommendation from Elise Harney, coördinator for physical education in the schools, as they met in a briefing session last night. Miss Harney explained that the program would be an extensión of the present intramural program and games would be played with schools in nearby areas to cut the time and cost of transportation. She said only sports in which girls show active interest and participation would be offered. She said to date both Huron and Pioneer High schools are eying two tentative f all sports: field hockey at both schools; swimming at Huron and tennis at Pioneer. Miss Harney said as sports move indoors for the winter, girls would compete in basketball and volleyball. In the spring, she said track and perhaps softball could be inaugurated. The recommendation came to the board after a questionnaire given to high school girls during the 1967-68 school year showed unanimously that the girls wanted such a program. 'The physical education coördinator noted that in May of 1967 the Michigan High School Athletic Association established a Girls Athletic Advisory Committee and a supplement to the MHSAA handbook dealing with all aspects of interscholastic sports, for girls. She indicated the trend nationally is toward increased interscholastic sports for girls. She was supported by a University physical education professor in the audience who volunteered that such programs in Detroit and the Flint area are now under way. Miss Harney said initial costs would be for transportation and for officiating. She said women coaches for the teams are already set. Schools Supt. W. Scott Westerman noted that although Miss Harney indicated Girls Athletic Club concession stand profits from other school sports events could help fund the new program, costs from $1,500 to $2,000 should be anticipated. In a discussion concerning insurance factors, Miss Harney said no more than three games in any one sport would be played with another school. Although no action was taken, Westerman said the items will be put on the agenda for next week's regular meeting.

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