Shamokin Area faces the loss of 22 teaching positions at tonight meeting of the board. The meeting has been moved from the regular meeting room to the cafeteria and from the cafe to the gymnasium to handle what is expected to be a big turnout of the public.
Programs in play are the elementary music, gym, and art program.
When Shamokin Area hosts Southern Area to open the 2009 season, Daniel Foor will be the Indians head coach.
Foor was not present at the board meeting this evening.
Shamokin is scheduled to hire a new football coach when the school board conducts their monthly meeting tonight at the high school.
Sources close to the Coal Region Voice indicate that hire will be from out of the area.
Anyone that applies for any head football coaching job in the high school ranks doesn't doubt their own ability with x's and o's. What seperates the successful from the not successful is the ability to motivate 75 kids (junior high on up), parents, caretakers(we are living in those times) and assistant coaches for the greater good of the program. It sounds simple, but it is not easy.
Whoever is hired tonight, I wish them well. For the seniors, even though this is your third head coach in four seasons, it is time to show the leadership that maybe we lacking by your past school boards.
