Girls play game of strip volleyball

Philadelphia Daily News ^ | 7 November 2001 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

[Fintan]

FORT WORTH, Texas - Girl volleyball players at a Fort Worth middle school were asked by their coaches to play a game of "strip serve" volleyball, which school administrators criticized as inappropriate after some parents complained.

During the drill, held Sept. 21 at the Gene Pike Middle School gym, two girls took their shirts off and one girl may have taken off her shorts, district officials said.

Three female coaches supervised the 22 eighth-graders while they played the game, which required that team members take off shoes, socks, kneepads or hair accessories if a player missed a serve. After a few girls took it upon themselves to undress further, the drill was immediately stopped, administrators said.

The drill should have never been conducted, Northwest Independent School District Superintendent Keith Sockwell said on Monday.

"I thought it was the most stupid thing I ever heard. You just don't do things like that," he said.

An investigation began after several parents complained about the activity. Statements were taken from the players and the coaches, officials said.

The girls' written statements indicated that, for the most part, they were not upset about the game, Pike Principal Kyle Copp said. The coaches were "remorseful," he said.

The three coaches, whom the district declined to name, are still employed, Deputy Superintendent Ron Hibbs said. Some parents said that even though the coaches apologized to the players, they should have been punished.

"It's an appalling story," said the mother of a Pike volleyball player, who asked that her name not be used. "They got no reprimand for this that the kids could see. Nobody sees that there's consequences to bad choices."

Said another: "I think it was an error in judgment, and that's all it was - plain and simple."

[NittanyLion]

That ain't no 8th grader!

She was once in 8th grade. That's kinda close...

[Cyber Liberty]

That's what I get for not reading the article more closely. I was actually refering to pictures of the pedophiles running the volleyball, but it got twisted in the translation.

[kahoutek]

I really didn't want to open this................

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Girl volleyball players at a Fort Worth middle school were asked by their coaches to play a game of "strip serve" volleyball, which school administrators criticized as inappropriate after some parents complained.

This just begs the question:
Why did the school administrators wait until AFTER some parents complained before criticizing these coaches' behavior?

[I_Publius]

No, they are in Fort Worth, so they are probably grads of Texas Women's University in Denton. About the same!

[Terriergal]

Let's hear it for public schools....

[Terriergal]

Very crude.

[Cyber Liberty]

Try reading my later post, oh rude one.

You know me better than that.

Oh well...scrath one "friend" from my old list....

[cynicom]

Error in judgement???? What a crock that is. The instructors knew what they were doing. Fire the lot of the perverts.

[beowolf]

No doubt they were fans of this idea of cultural enhancement/education: Vagina Monologues .

[Terriergal]

What's the difference between 3 Lezzies gawking at girls vs. 3 guys...????

It's more PC.

As you can see, here on this forum it's just the opposite.

[Terriergal]

/sarcasm

[maxwell]

Hahaha, them Texas girls can't be beat... Somebody will always rise to the occasion.

Hehehe, I said "rise"...

[Cyber Liberty]

/ sarcasm

Too late.

[over3Owithabrain]

Lesbian recruitment. At least there was no mention of God, that would have REALLY been scandalous!

[Terriergal]

Have you seen 8th grade girls today?

You aren't *defending* the guys tastelessly joking about wanting to see pix are you???

I have to wonder how many of those guys have young daughters. If they do they ought to be ashamed.

[Sabertooth]

*Hanging my head in shame that I have to stick up for my fellow teachers in more and more stories like this one!*

You ought to.

Teachers with half an ounce of common sense continually come to the defense of those who have none. You're part of the problem, sorry to say.

Our kids aren't experiments that teachers should have the luxury of making mistakes on. We have an example of collective stupidity here by three teachers who ought to be named, shamed, and fired. But you defend them?

Reminds me of the constant warnings by teachers about the horrors of children being taught by "unceredentialed teachers."

Funny, but when they give competency tests (about 8th grade graduation level) to credentialed teachers, generally a third fail, and the other two-thirds defend them. What's the problem here? You have tenure, so speaking out for excellence and high standards of behavior shouldn't be a big risk.

The priority of teaching ought to be knowledgable and literate students. However, the conclusion that the public inevitably draws from positions such as the one you're taking is that the priority of teachers...

is teachers.

[homeschool mama]

homeschool bump

[lavaroise]

Barf. Error in judgment? Private schools would have their a$$ sued for this. Public schools suck.

[Terriergal]

Ah... so it's ok to gawk at older girls. I see.

I was already under the impression that you didn't like me because I didn't like your tendency to flame people for every little mistake.