On Monday, 11/9 the Bloomington School Board had a meeting to decide that Bloomington schools will be putting winter sports on hold and reassessing in January.  

This petition is NOT about the hybrid schooling discussion, it surrounds the decision made about winter sports and activities. 

If you do not believe these two things should be on hold starting their regular season, please sign the petition below.

Still not sure?  Consider that this pandemic has already taken away more than these kids deserve.  So why rip away winter sports as well?  We need to implore the School Board to SAVE WINTER SPORTS. If we do decide to resume in January or February, it may be too late due to other schools will not be playing that late in the season. 

 Letting these kids sit indoors, alone, and idle all winter with nothing to do is NOT the answer. It will only cause more isolation and depression if stuck inside not able to exercise and be active.   

Will there be cases during winter sports seasons?  Almost certainly, but that is what quarantining is for, and it should be OUR choice as parents to take the risk to send them to sports.  Limit the attendance at games, matches or meets, do what you need to do, but this is overreaching. 

If contact tracing is a priority, and if there is a COVID case during winter sports, it will be easier to map out than if a case had come via community transmission.

So please, sign this petition to ensure that the School Board doesn't deny these Student/athletes an opportunity to play out what for some might be the last organized athletic season of their careers. 

Thank you so much.