Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Waitsburg agrees to discuss possibilities for a middle school combine with Dayton
Forty-nine kids from Waitsburg, Dayton, and Walla Walla turned out for the WHS football camp coached by current WHS Cardinal players last May. Dayton and Waitsburg school districts are currently entertaining the idea of combining seventh- and eighth-grade football players from each district into one team for the coming school year.
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg School District's July 29 budget hearing was followed by a brief public discussion "entertaining the idea" of combining Waitsburg and Dayton for middle school football. Those in attendance responded in favor of the suggestion.
Superintendent Carol Clarke stated the concerns of Waitsburg middle school football coach Jeff Bartlow, who was unable to be present at the meeting. With only 44 seventh- and eighth-grade students (about 52 percent boys), Bartlow is worried about the ability to field an 11-man football team, Clarke said.
Bartlow was also concerned for Dayton, Clarke...
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