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Central offensive coordinator among candidates for LC-M football job By RYAN S. CLARK January, 14, 2009 Central offensive coordinator Todd Watters is one of 51 candidates who have applied for the athletic director/football coach position at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High, according to a release from the LC-M CISD. Watters' run-heavy offense was one of the key components to Central's fourth round playoff run last season that made them the first Beaumont ISD school to advance to that far since 1997. Troy Bolton, who is currently at LC-M, also applied for the position. Other local candidates include Randy Crouch, at West Orange-Stark, Todd Moses of the Beaumont ISD and Michael Stewart of the Orangefield ISD.

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WE have the complete list Paul Baird - Saginaw HS- Fort Worth, TX Troy Bolton - LCM HS-Orange, TX Marcus Booker - Cotulla ISD-Cotulla, TX Gary Brewton - Andy Dekaney HS-Spring ISD Thomas Campos - Hanna HS-Brownsville, TX Gene Clemons - Urbana University Lonnie Cook Jamie Critchlow - Texas A&M-Commerce Randy Crouch - WOS HS-Orange, TX John Daugherty - England Public Schools-england, AR Byron Dawson - Evangel Christian Academy-Shreveport, LA Michael Gaston - Holmes HS-San Antonio, TX Rayburn Greene - Lancaster Christian Academy-Smyrna, TN Tracey Hamilton - Edcouch-Elsa ISD-Edcouch, TX Jeff Harrell - Texas HS - Texarkana, TX Charles Hatfield, III - T.F. South HS-Lansing, IL Kevin Hayes - Teague ISD-Teague, TX Dearl Holt Andy Hrncir - H.M. King HS, Kingsville, TX Jeffrey Huff - Wichita Falls HS-Wichita Falls, TX Tony Johnson - Wichita South HS- Wichita, KS Jerry Kantor - McKinney Boyd HS-Mckinney, TX John Launius - Trinity Valley Comm College-Athens, Tx Michael Long - South Grand Prairie HS-Grand Prairie, TX Mike Mari - Mendocino College Leonard McAngus - Northwest ISD-Justin, TX Curt McElroy - Nye County ISD-Tonopah, Nevada Patrick Melton - Pasadena HS-Pasadena, TX Greg Morgan - Madisonville CISD-Madisonville, TX Todd Moses - Beaumont ISD-Beaumont, TX Michael Pagliaro - Waukegan HS-Waukegan, IL Jeffrey Palmer - North Iredell lHS-New London, NC Ronald Poehls - Georgetown ISD-Georgetown, TX Frank Pomarico - Lumen Christi HS Ryan Prong - Contributing Columnist, UHND.com James Rabe - Ganado ISD-Ganado, TX Josh Rankin - Haltom HS-Haltom City, TX Joe Ray - St Andrew's Episcopal School-Ridgeland, Miss Kenneth Riedinger II - Elysian Fields HS-Elysian Fields, TX Russell Roberts - New Caney HS-New Caney, TX Marcus Rogers - Fairley HS David Satcher - Clear Lake HS-Houston, TX Marquette Smith - Trinity Prep School Rock Stanley - South Garland HS-Garland, TX Michael Stewart - Orangefield ISD-Orangefield, TX Carl Straube - Mathis ISD-Mathis, TX Travis Titus - Cape Hatteras Secondary School-Buxton, NC Sean Van De Merghel - United HS-Laredo, TX Todd Watters - Beaumont Central HS-Beaumont, TX Scott Wells - Springtown HS-Springtown, TX Brandon Wood - Shaw HS

legally ... once the FOI has been filed, it has to. Coaches know this when they apply. It may not seem fair but they know it beforehand. Correct!

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Some great Coaches on there!

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Concerned citizens meet to discuss transportation cuts at WO-C Tommy Mann, Jr. The Orange Leader ORANGE — A recent decision by the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District to cease transportation for students following extra-curricular events is not sitting well with a growing number of people. Approximately 20 individuals, mostly concerned parents and citizens, along with a number of coaches of various sports in the West Orange-Cove school district, attended an informational meeting Tuesday night at Dallas Insurance Agency in Orange to learn more about the situation. At the Nov. 24, 2008 West Orange-Cove CISD school board meeting, the Board of Trustees voted 6 to 1 to slash transportation costs by cutting the long standing district tradition of providing after hours school bus transportation for students. The move will affect all after hours school events where students ride the bus home, whether it is UIL related events such as choir, band, and academic events, not just sports. The move is expected to save the district thousands of dollars each school year. The figure varies from more than $25,000 per year, according to information provided by Laidlaw Transportation via the school district, to a little over $9,000 per year, according to information provided by the athletics department. However, Dan Hooks, the athletic director for West Orange-Cove CISD, and other coaches, along with a number of parents, attended a December school board meeting and addressed board members about the issue. The school board agreed to discuss and possibly reconsider the motion at a meeting in January. Tuesday’s meeting was arranged by a long-time West Orange-Stark Mustang supporter, parent and district tax payer, Skip Moore. Moore said he spoke with Dan Hooks, West Orange-Cove CISD athletic director, in early December after learning about the board’s decision to cut student transportation following extra-curricular events. “Blue is in my blood, and my blue blood is boiling,†Moore said to the people in attendance. “I’m a concerned person who wants to know why they are doing this. We need to gather our information and meet with the board at the next meeting, and, hopefully, we can change their minds.†Moore said the group wants to know how many students would not be able to participate in sports due to this cutback. He was also concerned how many students would either move to another district or quit school altogether because of this decision. “If I was a responsible school board member and was going to consider something like this, don’t you think I would approach Coach Hooks first to get his input on how it would affect students in athletics and an accurate dollar amount this costs each year,†Moore continued. “They never asked Coach Hooks anything before they made this decision.†Hooks, also in attendance, said he was hopeful the outcome at the next school board meeting might be different. “I think the first time we went to the board we acted a little hastily,†Hooks said. “But, if cooler heads prevail, we can sit down with the board and get this straight.†Hooks said since classes resumed on Jan. 5, it is obvious what affect the school board’s decision is having on student athletes, especially at the middle school level. “It’s making coaches take students home right now,†he continued. “I know that’s a liability issue and we’ll have to address that, but we’re not going to leave those 13-year-old, 14-year-old and 15-year-old kids to fend for themselves. The safety of the kids is what I’m interested in.†According to information shared at the meeting Tuesday night, several other school districts, including Beaumont, Port Arthur and two Houston-area districts, provide programs like this for their students. Although Hooks was concerned about the safety of children, he is also concerned on the future of the athletics department if the school board’s decision eliminates the fountain of youth at the seventh and eighth grade levels which feeds all high school sports programs. “The crux of your programs are these little kids,†Hooks added. “How it is going to affect these spring sports programs is what also concerns me. If (the school board) draws a line in the sand, they will split this community.†Toby Foreman is the track coach at West Orange-Stark High School. He said this decision has affected a large number of students in track and field at the high school, but even more at the middle school level. “This affects probably 20 to 25 students in track who ride these buses after practice,†Foreman said. “And at least 35 to 45 students in middle school. Probably everyone of those middle school kids ride the bus home after practice. If they leave the decision like this, then it could kill the seventh and eighth-grade track programs.†The after practice transportation program is something Foreman knows about firsthand. “There is no way I could have made through high school without this program,†Foreman added. “The bottom line is you have to do what is right for the kids, and this isn’t right for the kids.†One concerned citizen was offended by the school board’s decision to cut the after-event transportation without taking into account all avenues and holding workshop sessions first. “I think it is an insult against our children for (the board) to take away this bus transportation after practice or events,†said Calvin Adams. “Every kid participating in extra-curricular activities is obviously passing their classes. There is more than one way to take care of this problem and we all need to find it.†Hooks said he believes some board members may reconsider their November decision, but believes others may not be so easily swayed. “Some of the board members are adversarial to athletics,†Hooks said. “And, if they have their way, then we will be a Class A school before it’s over. I don’t know what their agenda is, but it’s not saving the district money. Let’s do what’s right for the children and get this corrected.â€

They have to release them by that 10th day!!

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I didn't file for this one this time. Other people have though.

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PN-GISD vows to keep coach applicants secret MIKE TOBIAS The Port Arthur News GROVES — Mum’s the word -- as far as members of the Port Neches-Groves ISD Board of Trustees are concerned. The board, minus Harvey Brown, who was in Houston preparing for a surgical procedure, voiced their opinions in favor of seeking a ruling from the State of Texas’ Attorney General’s office in an attempt to keep the names of the 30-plus applicants for the district’s athletic director and varsity head football coach under wraps. Discussion to seek the ruling came while Superintendent Lani Randall was giving her report to the board Tuesday evening and stated that five Freedom of Information / open records requests from different entities had come in, wishing that the district release the applicants’ names. “Sometimes its members of the media who issue the open records request, sometimes its private individuals,†Randall said, while addressing the board. “This is always an area of concern for a school district regarding a high profile position. The only recourse a school district can have in this situation is to seek an opinion from the Attorney General’s office and talk about your specific local circumstances and see if you can get a ruling on that.†“Otherwise, if you chose not to do that, then you would be obligated to release that information.†Discussion then went around from each trustee, who offered their opinions on the matter, many in favor of seeking the ruling. “This is a very important job and a very important process that we’re about to go through,†President Rusty Brittain said. “I think it’s the district’s job, and our job, to get the best possible candidate for the head coach and athletic director for PN-G.†“The confidentiality, I belive, is very, very important to this process. I can understand the enthusiasm; I can understand the excitement --- the anticipation from the community. If that wasn’t there, then I think we’d have a problem. I appreciate it being there, but again I certainly would not want anything to happen to hinder the best candidate coming to this district.†Brittain went on to cite last Wednesday’s incident involving Boston College Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski, who was fired after being warned by his athletic director that he would not have a job if he met with the New York Jets regarding their head coach opening. “It’s very sensitive,†Brittain said. “If there was an offensive or defensive coordinator at a school somewhere, wishing to advance their careers, that would be no problem. But if we had a coach at a very successful program somewhere, I would think that they would want it to be kept confidential until maybe the final interviews begin.†“I’m not sure of the law, but I would like to see us do whatever we have to do to get an opinion before we release those names.†Dr. Randall stressed that students are the district’s first priority and that the district wants to bring in an individual that is highly skilled and looking forward to coming to the community and being a key factor in the district’s athletic program. “We understand that people have been talking about what would occur if we would immediately just release all those names,†Randall said. “They (the trustees) have that option of going to the attorney general and they would like to exercise that at this point in time.†“We are just getting all this paperwork together for these applicants. It has been an overwhelming task since Friday to come and get them all together, and categorize them and put it together so that the interview committee has it organized to go through it. It’s a lot of work. The deadline to apply for the coaching position was last Friday, January 9. The interview committee will be meeting Wednesday to review the applications. The district hopes to make a recommendation to the board at the next scheduled meeting on February 10, with a preferred start date of March 2.

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Beaumont Enterprise Thirty-five apply for Port Neches-Groves position By RYAN S. CLARK January, 13, 2009 Port Neches-Groves ISD board members said they did not want to release names of the 35 applicants for high school football coach/boys athletic coordinator position despite a public records request made by The Enterprise and other media outlets. Members revealed the number of applicants at a school board meeting Tuesday. The application deadline for the positions is Thursday. PN-G ISD board president Randy Brittain said before the meeting he did not want to release the candidates' names because they might lose their job or possibly withdraw from the coaching search. Brittain said a requirement that all applicants have a master's degree would not limit the number of qualified candidates, a concern he said many fans have. Brittain said the master's requirement is common for all school administrators. PN-G is among three Southeast Texas high schools that will hire a new football coach in the coming months. Memorial and Little Cypress-Mauriceville also have coaching vacancies, but neither requires applicants to have a master's. Brittain said former coach Matt Burnett did not have a master's degree. Burnett coached at PN-G for 22 seasons, the last 15 as head coach. The PN-G board reassigned Burnett to outdoor athletic complex coordinator and student attendance officer on Nov. 25. Burnett will remain as boys athletic coordinator until a new coach and athletic coordinator are hired. Interviews for the positions run from Jan. 19 to Jan. 23, according to a timetable released by the PN-G ISD. The second round is Jan. 30 to Feb. 3. A candidate will be recommended to the board Feb. 10. The new coach/athletic director's first day is March 2, according to the schedule

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