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Update on athletics
Rappahannock County High School's new and first athletic director, Jon Smythe, provided the school board and meeting attendees with an update on athletic developments. His presentation took on a decidedly contrite tone, and he repeatedly alluded to the controversy that surrounded his actions in Luray last month by noting the bad start that he had had. He stressed, though, his strong belief in his mission and his hopes that he would continue to have the opportunity to fulfill that mission of strengthening the athletic program.
He noted some of the new athletic program elements he has initiated, and those include: a wrestling program under the supervision of Coach Jim Wells; the restarting of a Junior Panther competitive sports program for seventh and eighth grade boys and the starting of a girls Junior Panther program; the opening of the high school gym for student and community recreation on Saturdays; the development of a winter soccer league; the start, this past Sunday evening, of an indoor volleyball program; a coaches training program in conditioning, emergency medical care, and nutrition at Fauquier Hospital; the director's involvement, as a non-voting member, on the executive committee of the new RCSSA; a high school Varsity Club that will bring in speakers to discuss sports and next level opportunities for student athletes, is updating the high school sign, maintaining the school sports hotline (987-9316), and investigating past athletic successes as background to create a "wall of fame" and to install banners in the gym; and planning for the creation of a weight room for high school students and the community.
Mr. Smythe admitted to having made mistakes, but he said that "I honestly believe in what I'm doing here . . . and I don’t want this thing to falter because I'm in here and someone else is not."
Family Life recommendations
RCES Principal Raye Tupper., coordinator of the Family Life Education Curriculum Review Committee, presented the committee’s recommendations to the School Board. The committee was charged with reviewing the human sexuality portion of the family life curriculum, and did so by first researching data on pregnancy risk for the Health Department. Mrs. Tupper noted that Health Department data shows that while the number of pregnancies has declined, the age of mothers has as well, and the department is receiving inquiries from “younger and younger" girls.
The general recommendations of the committee, she said, include: moving certain objectives to earlier
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