It was a concern recently raised in an Examiner guest column: Is the District focusing too much attention on sports?
You might have missed the article about the District's new relationship with Nill Brothers Team Sports Apparell (a KS company) and Adidas. See ARTICLE.
From the official ISD Sports website: "The Independence school district has adopted the Adidas stripes and signed an agreement with the athletic apparel company to sponsor the districts’ athletic teams." See WEBSITE.
All you may want to know about Adidas but were afraid to ask: WIKIPEDIA
UPDATE -
For those interested in such things, the University of Kansas just renewed their relationship with Adidas. Here's the ARTICLE in the KC Star which also mentions Adidas' recent trouble with labor practices. Apparently, the University of Wisconsin and others dropped Adidas in protest.
With all these konnections to Kansas, maybe Dr. Hinson moving to Shawnee Mission is the first step in annexing that district.
Why an agreement with a Kansas company and not a company on our side of the state line? Way to screw up again ISD. You should be proud of yourselves.
ReplyDeleteBuy-in is just so Buy-inconvenient sometimes, eh Dr. Herl?
ReplyDeleteBuy-inconvenient...I almost spit my coffee all over my monitor on that one. It's just so true: Kansas athletic equipment company, retirement banquet in Blue Springs tax money area, internal cafe taking money away from local vendors, heck - internal health club and "minute-clinic"...and who knows what else.
DeleteAnd don't forget about the tens-of-thousands of dollars going out-of-state to send many kids to a fitness camp. Why does this program seem like a resume-builder for Dr. H (take your pick - either or both)? Sorry to be cynical.
DeleteBased on some of the chatter on the district state test scores that came out right before school was out, I would hope the Herl regime focuses a bit more on academics. It will be interesting to see where we fall or compare to with other districts when scores are made public.
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