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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Rappahannock County High School athletic director John Toth and the high school coaching staff will now be evaluated on the basis of something other than a winning sports season.
At last Tuesday's meeting, the School Board adopted an evaluation form and procedure presented by Superintendent Robert Estabrook. “Certainly it is appropriate for our coaches and the athletic director to be evaluated just as we do our teachers -- all of our employees,” said Mr. Estabrook.
The forms, which are to be filled out within a week of the end of the sport’s season for coaches and at the end of the year for the athletic director, grade both professional and personal qualities. Ratings are given on a scale of one to 100 for character, personal habits, cooperative relationships, appearance, health, enthusiasm and communication for both the coaches and their supervisor.
For the coaches, the list under professional qualities covers motivational aspects as well as administrative and supervisory duties, discipline and knowledge of the sport. For the athletic director, the 29 professional qualities to be graded include scheduling and organizing athletic events, meetings and recognition programs, arranging transportation, administering high school athletic department funds, •supervising^ care of supplies and equipment, fostering good schoolcommunity relations and supervising compliance with eligibility requirements.
Although they unanimously endorsed the evaluation program, the School Board members expressed reservations.
“This stems from the public airing of grievances against the coaches,” noted Bill Oliver. “And it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on” as a public relations strategy to build confidence in the high school athletic staff, he maintained. “Because if he’s winning, he’s the greatest coach we’ve ever had, and if he’s losing, he’s a big SOB.... If he’s losing, the public’s perception is that he’s a lousy coach (no matter what the evaluation rating). It may not be his fault, but that’s the way the game is played.”
But no matter whether the coach has a winning or losing season, the evaluation program will enable the School Board to say: “This is what we expect. If you don’t care to live
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