Football teams at Fort Campbell and Fort Knoc high schools were sidelined by the federal government’s shutdown on Friday, which has stopped additional activities in schools for military families.
School on historical Army Posts are open to general instructional activities, but Congress’s deadlock has left students and their families in Limbo when it comes to other school -related discovery. Fort Knoc is in Central Kentkey, while Fort Campbell stred Kentaki-Tenasi Limit.
Both football teams were scheduled to play on Friday but their game was postponed. But prohibition for additional activities – even practice – is much more applied than football.
Fort Campbell High Girls Volleyball Team was on a historic run, which compiled 11-2 records for a school without the winning season for 15 years in the game. Squad’s senior night game was closed on Thursday and if the federal shutdown continues, there may be two other upcoming sports.
Volleyball team coach Mary Hughes said on Friday that her players have shown “a lot of patience and tenacity”, but now there is no control over how their season ends.
“Everyone is really sad,” he said. ,life A military child is quite difficult. They do a lot and the game is one aspect of their life which is very important for them. Gives them self -esteem, confidence, teamwork. And for this, be taken away just because we live on the post … just incredibly unfair. ,
Bianka Carolina said that she was unhappy that her son’s football team had to postpone her game at Fort Campbell High. He said that he is worried that the shutdown could affect the rest of the season. Her son, Jaden, started practicing for the season in January.
Fort Campbell’s football team was scheduled to play the Trig County, Kentaki on Friday, but the game was re -determined on 30 October, Dog Gloid, director of the Trig County County High School Athletics, said on Friday.
“It’s very disappointing, but I am thankful and thankful that they were able to reinstroof,” Carolina said. “He gave a lot of time during the football season.”
Carolina, 36, works at a post in Fort Campbell and is currently a furlife during shutdown.
Kentaki Sen. Mich McConel The case is intervened. The Republican Senator wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday, asking that athletics and extra curricular should be nominated in schools as activities are allowed to move forward despite being closed.
Jerry Gillium, Judge-Executive in Christian County, Kentaki, including a part of the Fort Campbell, was among those who asked McConel to join.
Gillium said in writing to McConel, “These youth already put unique burden as US Services as sons and daughters, and this additional obstruction only deepens their sacrifice.”
Shutdown has disrupted sports in other military post high schools, including the High School Football Team of Camp Legune. North CarolinaThis week, the hosts of the Camp Legune, Northern High School, carried forward their homecoming game on Tuesday before the shutdown came into effect on Wednesday.
Defense education activity, known as Dodia, manages prekinder to the Defense Department through 12th grade educational programs. It said on Friday that its schools will be open for general instructions during the government’s shutdown.
“However, sports events, sports practices and all recruitment activities are not considered except activities during an omission in the appropriation,” it is said in a statement. “As a result, these activities, which will be held outside the School Day, will be prevented for the period of shutdown.”