School Board At Standstill On Basketball Season
During a special called
Leland School District
Board of Trustees meeting last Friday morning,
the trustees continued to
be divided 2 to 2 and unable to come to a consensus to move forward.
This time, however, the
division isn’t over the renovations of the football stadium (even though that
continues to be on hold),
but, rather, about this
year’s basketball season.
“We gave football an opportunity to play, and we
should give the basketball program an opportunity to play,” said Board
President Brandon Taylor.
Agreeing with letting the
basketball program move
forward is Trustee Evelyn Murray. Disagreeing
with moving forward are
Trustees Charles Patterson and Joanne Williams.
“We already voted no on
Fall sports,” said Patterson.
“We still have a COVID
problem and I’m not willing to put these kids and
the community at risk.”
Murray advised that the
Fall sports, according to
the Mississippi High School
Athletic Association, includes football, but the association defines basketball as a winter sport, so
it had not been voted on.
School Superintendent
Jessie King asked if another meeting could be
held to continue the discussion, but both Patterson and Williams said
they would not participate.
It seems as if little progress will be made with the
School District until after a
new School Board Trustee
is elected on November 3- The Leland Progress LLC