Spring will soon be here and with it, this news:
Redmond, Wash. -- As part of the process to move to four-year high
schools and to ensure Title IX compliance, Lake Washington School
District reviewed sports offerings in its high schools this year. The
result of this review is a decision to add girls’ badminton as a sport
in the spring of 2013.
“As we near the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, it’s
appropriate that we continue to respond to girls’ interests in playing
sports,” noted Dr. Traci Pierce, deputy superintendent. “We have a
history of strong badminton programs at the junior highs in our
district, it is an Olympic sport and we believe it will be a popular
offering at the high school level.”
Badminton was the top response to a survey question that asked,
“Would you participate in the following sport(s) if the opportunity were
available to you?” In the interest survey, 166 out of the 782 high
school girls who responded indicated they would like to participate.
That reflects the strong interest of the 280 girls who played badminton
on junior high teams this year.
The district reviewed the feasibility of adding this sport, including
the availability of facilities, coaches and competition. Lake
Washington School District girls’ badminton teams will compete against
each other and against teams from high schools in Bellevue and Mercer
Island. More information about the schedules, season and coaches will be
available when school begins in the fall.
Maddie will be playing and dad will now learn everything there is to know about the game!
Stay tuned.
Sadly, I sold my indoor sports lens, so we'll have to make due with what we have.
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