The energy and collegiality of all of the students and coaches here is fantastic! Many coaches were buoyed by news of the Alaskan House’s vote that passed a significant (if still lower than inflation of costs) increase to school funding. Unfortunately, the increase was still not enough to save our Juneau educators from an ill-advised consolidation of their high schools.
I had the opportunity to talk to coaches from a variety of schools today. Even though I’m nearing the end of my second season as a DDF coach, there is still a great deal that I don’t know, let alone fully understand. However, these coaches did manage to shine a light on a number of areas that had been obscured to me before.
I’m also so impressed with my team. Even though they’ve learned that they haven’t made it into the few final rounds have been determined so far, they have remained positive and friendly. Most of the events still have one more round before finals are determined. The competition has been really tough, but my students have had some good rounds.
We will see what tomorrow brings.