re: High school football coach resigns after parents try to influence playing time

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t you have a few well to do families, some whose roots in the area go back a couple of generations, who influence decision making when they throw their weight around.

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my parents had considerable clout with the school board when I was growing up, they used it only to help other people, I found out about it waay too late, had I known the influence my folks had I would have been the starting qb, taken all the shots in basketball, and the ace pitcher on the baseball team

when it came to matters between me and coaches or teachers they either stayed out of it or initially tended to side with the faculty member