EDITORIAL
We decided to put parents in “time out” this week, cutting off the comments section to several sports stories.
Parents will remain in time out until they can act their age.
Comments about individual minors will not be tolerated. Readers can comment about coaches, as they are adults and are paid to take the heat. Parents can talk about the teams in general. Local residents can talk about the school district and what they think should be changed; the superintendent can take the criticism – he’s an adult.
But accusations of Minor in Possession (MIP) or drugs without evidence (yes, we checked these rumors out), naming individual students when they are just trying to please the coach is not welcome. Students are doing what the adults, meaning the coaches, are telling them to do.
If parents have a gripe about how coaches are handling a situation, they can take it up with the school board.
But insinuating an offense is not cool.
So, you are in “time out.” We’ll decide when you have learned your lesson.
