Posted on 05/11/2018 8:17:24 AM PDT by ethom
EAST HANOVER, N.J. Everybody makes the team.
A New Jersey high school drew heat from students and parents for a new policy that says everyone makes the cheerleading squad or no one does.
According to WCBS, the change came after a mother complained that her child didnt make the cut. To make the cheerleading squad at Hanover Park High School, prospective members go through a tryout in which coaches score them on things like jumps and choreography before making their final picks for the team.
But after the mother whose daughter didnt make the squad complained after last months tryout, the school decided to try the new policy, which administrators said was intended to make cheerleading more inclusive.
In a letter to parents, the superintendent wrote that the tryout process was invalid and that the schools elite cheering teamthe Black Squadwould no longer be determined by skill level.
The cheerleader whose mother complained about the process made one of the lower-tier squads.
The superintendent told WCBS in an email that the new policy is in the best interest of our students and was made to be as inclusive as possible.
The change upset several parents and cheerleaders, including sophomore Stephanie Krueger, who said shes spent years training to make the team.
All the time Ive spent in my cheer gym practicing, constantly flipping, practicing my jumps, all was just like gone, Krueger told WCBS. I cant believe, like, my hard work just dropped. Its like telling a football player your star varsity football player they cant play anymore because we want to make it all inclusive.
The school board is reviewing the matter.
I guess the bragging rights about dating a Cheerleader in High School won’t have the impact it once had.
Always a good argument for merit based squads.
Our school (where I was a teacher for many years) used a system where a group of highly coordinated students made the cheer leader squad. A second group made the song girls squad (I know, it seems like girls were the only ones in this group, and they were universally attractive) and finally anyone who wanted made the Pep squad. This last catch all group was inclusive and included anyone who wanted to support school athletics. They all had sweaters or other outfits in school colors and we got away with this system for years. I don’t know what would happen now.
Always a good argument for merit based squads.
Our school (where I was a teacher for many years) used a system where a group of highly coordinated students made the cheer leader squad. A second group made the song girls squad (I know, it seems like girls were the only ones in this group, and they were universally attractive) and finally anyone who wanted made the Pep squad. This last catch all group was inclusive and included anyone who wanted to support school athletics. They all had sweaters or other outfits in school colors and we got away with this system for years. I don’t know what would happen now.
I went to HS in the 50s (NJ), graduated in 60. To make the Cheerleader squad you had to be first and foremost HOT! You could be athletic as hell but if you didn’t have the looks you had no chance. Because of this it was a status symbol to wear the jacket or sweater of a Cheerleader or Drum Majorette.
A few years ago a HS in northern NJ the same thing described here. The result was the good looking girls stopped trying out because it was no longer a affirmation of their looks to make the squad. In no time the squads was made up of ordinary, plain, sometimes over weight girls mostly unathletic. Within a few more yrs the school had trouble fielding a full squad and actually had to sometimes ask at the game if anyone wanted to be Cheerleader for a day.
I’m glad this all happened long after I graduated.
LOL! I was a cheerleader at Hunterdon Central back in those days!
Is this any different than race based preferential hiring for city fire departments? Its wrong for sure, but collectively our society seems to have accepted these practices.
36 year ago the cheerleader tryouts were done in the main auditorium in front of the entire school. (425 students)
Tammy was taller than most of the boys that soon to be sophomore year. Her time came and she jumped and tried her best to show some coordination. It was just not going to happen. Most everyone there that day broke out in laughter. Oh man did that leave a mark. I wonder how shes doing after all those years?
“So, will anyone who wants to be on the football team automatically make the team, whether they any ability or not?”
Fire fighters, police officers, soldiers, mechanics, etc.
These days, what you feel, is what you are.
Just identify as a cop, and you are one.
Our high school had a no cut policy for all athletics. Just because you were on the team did not mean you got to play tho.
If we got ahead by 50 points the coach would start putting in the scrubs.
You also would not letter unless you played a majority of the time. Getting a letter meant you were pretty good.
Now cheerleaders was different. As someone else mentioned, the tryouts were in the gym with the entire student body watching. A panel of teachers made the selections and they were fair.
Our cheerleaders were just plain hot. I mean several were stunning beauties. All were attractive.
Another thing different was they actually led the fans in cheers. No dancing with the band.
You just described the scenes out of the San Antonio High Schools.
Anymore, Public schools sports is a total waste of time and money.
Wait until the boys “identifying as girls” get on the squad.
And on all the girl’s sports teams.
At my school they did, but we were a small school in Idaho. My bigger question is who in their right mind would want their daughter being a cheerleader?! If I had a daughter I would NEVER let her do so.
Yes, please don’t move to Texas.
Thanks for posting that clip was the first thing I thought of when I first read about this story.
Wait until this mother’s little “cream-puff” enters the work force.
R E A L I T Y . C H E C K !
yep...FF in NYC has been there done that...
this should tee people off.
https://nypost.com/2015/05/17/firefighters-fear-for-their-lives-over-fire-fleeing-colleague/
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