Here's the link to the Supporters of East Providence Middle School Athletics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EPMiddleSchoolAthletics

Abigail I was wondering if this was the cities way of forcing the parents hands? Has the option ever been offered for the parents to cover the cost of sports? If not how long until the city does? Also how long until they do this at the High School level as well?

Kevin,
Just to let you know that it is illegal to do pay-to-play in the state of RI, as other school districts try to do this before. However, it is legal to have donations, whether it be from a person, business, nonprofit, etc to fund athletics. This is some of the discussion that will occur this coming meeting, as well as in the meeting following it on the 29th by KRob Foundation. If you're on Facebook, this information is on my page for Supporters of East Providence Middle School Athletics, as both Chrissy Rossi and Luisa Abatecola found information and posted it on my page and have links to verify the facts. The high school cuts or anything that may happen to the HS sports will be discussed the March School Committee meeting. Please remember the State Budget commission cut sports, not the school committee. I honestly don't know, but I feel this is in no way the city's way of forcing the parents hand, it's just the cards we've been dealt with.

This is what should have happened in the first place!!!
The community getting together to come up with alternatives to keep middle school sports!`

Instead we had the budget commission override the school committee's vote to keep the sports.

This is wonderful that everyone is coming together to save the sports at our middle schools. Love seeing parents, teacher and students working hard for something they belive strongly about.

I wish we would see more of this kind of involvement when it comes to the education part of our children. It is disappointing to see what some of our parents truly care about in good old Townie.

http://espn.go.com/action/bmx/story/_/id/7596678/kevin-robinson-plans-event-save-school-sports-east-providence

Can someone tell me if those minor girls have tatoos are their necks? Parents can pay for tatoos but can not legally pay for their children to play a sport in a public school. I am so confused and I am also just plain old fashioned....

https://www.facebook.com/EPMiddleSchoolAthletics Abigail if you go to my page on Facebook listed here (and anyone else) I put in the notes section things that were discussed at this meeting.