Channel 15 is running a story tonight that says the practice schedule is back to normal.
To recap: Ms. Wall has driven away families, antagonized donors, and demonstrated (in my opinion) very very poor leadership.
It seems to me that a better tack would have been to raise swim fees. I think that will happen next year because the Y team cannot raise money by having meets because no one is left behind to run them! So either they will raise fees or families left behind will have to do things like sell magazines or cookware to find the extra money.
How NOT to do things. That is what we've seen of late.
The good news to come out of this is that Shane is back coaching Madison-area swimmers!
The root problem is that there is more demand for pool space than supply at the Y. What a good leader should have done is to challenge the swim team and other aquatics users to raise enough money to add a few lanes to the west Y pool.
ReplyDeleteHere's the l ink: http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Controversial-practice-changes-no-longer-happening-for-YMCA-swim-team-236656421.html
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