The same town that rallied for athletics last summer found its voice against athletes this spring.
By Kevin Tyson
Last August, the Claremont school district stared into a five-million-dollar hole, and the community did what communities do. People wrote checks. People ran fundraisers. People rallied for the kids. The athletic department, in particular, became a cause celebre. Cut the sports? Unthinkable. Sports build character. Sports keep kids off the streets.
One of the loudest checks came from a place some of those same neighbors have now decided is a public nuisance.
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