Granton School Board Discusses Spring Sports Co-op with Community, Part 1
Thursday, May 26th, 2016 -- 8:18 AM
-The Granton School Board approved one of the spring sports co-ops with the School District of Neillsville at a Special Board meeting held on Wednesday evening.The Granton School Board held an open forum allowing community members to come and talk about their thoughts and concerns in regards to the co-op. For the next school year, Granton’s fall sports of football, volleyball and cross country will be in a co-op with the Neillsville School District. Basketball for boys and girls will remain on its own. Granton has had a co-op with other school districts for some of their sports, including Loyal and Greenwood, but it was discussed that future co-ops should be with Neillsville because they’re the closest district and sending kids to several different communities for sports has a tendency to make Granton lose their identity.
At the meeting, there seemed to be a split in the conversation where many realized they may not have a choice when it comes to a co-op due to the lack of numbers, but they also worried about Granton losing their identity and their kids being lost in the shuffle as Neillsville players would get priority over Granton’s because they’re not from Neillsville. On the other side of that, many felt that regardless of what decision is made, a negative mentality by Granton’s players needs to be overcome and a more winning and school spirit needs to be bestowed by parents, teachers and staff into their students and athletes. In the end, the Granton School Board approved to co-op their softball team with Neillsville, but they decided to leave their golf and baseball teams separate. At a recent Neillsville School Board meeting, they approved to co-op all three sports.
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