Oh we kept it going straight to graduation, though the cruelty mostly petered out after junior high. And getting “disqualified” or held out for a round isn’t a lot of deterrent, as we had that rule as well. When you can send a kid to get stitches in his face (a thing that happened multiple times), and the only punishment is sitting out the rest of the game (as opposed to a call to the cops) people tend to hold their agression till dodge ball time.
And we were a pretty small school too, ~1000 students k-12. Average graduating class size was 80-100 kids.
Usually those opposed are Christian fundamentalist extremists who see yoga as competition to their religious beliefs, even though most types of yoga as taught in America are non-spiritual. They feel their religion is threatened and don’t want any competing influences in public school that may oppose their beliefs. I think the same thing happened a year or two ago in the San Diego area.
"The National Center for Law & Policy is a conservative Christian[1] non-profit law firm that “focuses on the protection and promotion of religious freedom, the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, parental rights, and other civil liberties.” [2] Its president is Dean Broyles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Law_%26_Policy
Since it’s a public institution, I don’t know whether this math works out but a good guestimate for how much it costs to employ someone is ~2x their annual salary. 500K is roughly 5.5 instructors working for 45K/year (or slightly more than 7 instructors at 35K).
Guarantee you they’re already paying more on competitive sports even if they have none of private companies’ associated employment costs.
