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posted 01/26/2010 As many of you may be aware, the elimination of freshman and other sports programs is being proposed for the FY 2011 budget. Many of you will have players heading off to high school this year or in the coming years only to find no freshman sports, which is an important step between the Junior Varsity and Varsity level programs. The BRYC President, Marcia Pape, is urging all of us to contact our School Board members and Board of Supervisor members to ensure funding will not be lost for these programs. In addition, the Fairfax County Athletic Council has developed a proposal on the $100 participation fee for sports activities (another budget proposal) so that this fee will be used specifically for the Student Athletics and Activities Programs Fund, and not the General Fund, to offset the cost of keeping freshman and other sports in the Fairfax County Public Schools.
Below is a link to an online petition to keep freshman sports and is quick and easy to do:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-freshman-sports-in-fairfax-county . Please take a few moments to complete this. The initial goal was for 1,000 "signatures" and as of yesterday there were about 1,400. That is a great response. I will also be puttign the Athletic Council's proposal letter, facts on freshman sports sheet, a sample letter, and the contact addresses for the Board of Supervisors and School Board under the "Documents" tab for your help.
Last year, through the support of many of you, the Community and Recreation Services participation fee did not increase. People do listen. Thanks in advance for your support on this.
Bob Fitzpatrick, Commissioner
Braddock Road Youth Club Football
