The Aromas
— San Juan Unified School District could decide during
Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting whether to form a new
committee that would specifically fundraise for a potential
football program at Anzar High School.
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
The Aromas — San Juan Unified School District could decide during Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting whether to form a new committee that would specifically fundraise for a potential football program at Anzar High School.
The action item appears on the agenda for this week’s regularly scheduled meeting after the Football Advisory Committee, which found student interest in football to be high, voted unanimously last month to report back to the board for further direction.
In an effort to establish a football program by the 2011-12 school year, and one that would be cost-neutral to the district, the committee estimates $25,000 will be needed in order to establish an 8-man team within the Coastal Athletic League — a six-team division made up of local high schools, including Gilroy’s Anchorpoint Christian.
The approximate figure is based on numbers provided by Marina High School ($23,338) and Trinity Christian ($22,725), which both started 8-man football programs using similar funds, according to a board agenda document.
The Football Advisory Committee, which was established in December to study the functionality and feasibility of a football program at Anzar High School, recently concluded that interest was high among surveyed students at Aromas School, San Juan School and Anzar High School.
Gauging interest of potential players and fans at the three schools regarding football and other sports, the student-interest survey found that football was No. 1 among general sport options, as 249 students casted their vote. Cheerleading, meanwhile, was a distant second place with 163 votes.
Furthermore, among fall team sports, football was again No. 1 with 152 students expressing interest in playing, while girls volleyball, which is already offered at Anzar High, received 120 votes.
With only girls volleyball and coed cross country offered during the fall season at Anzar — a school of roughly 400 students — participation among male athletes was also found to be low, the Football Advisory Committee concluded.
Wednesday’s open session meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Aromas School Library, located at 365 Vega Street.
