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Parents, grandparents, uncles, families and friends, local businesses and Hodag football supporters: Due to your generosity our locker room pledge drive was a great success. Our goal was to raise $8,000 to $10,000 to purchase 40 lockers for our varsity locker room. We crushed this goal and raised enough money to purchase 100 lockers and the ability to have every male athlete in a new locker. These new lockers will allow us to secure our valuable equipment. In addition and I believe more important is that it shows our kids we care and will make the locker room less stressful. This facility has needed this improvement for three decades and you made it happen. Personally, I can not thank you enough for giving us the opportunity make this improvement for our students.

At this time with the referendum being a topic of the near future we're going to be patient. We do not want to set up the new lockers and then turn around and take them down. Our students and community desperately need to take advantage of this opportunity. Please vote yes to our building needs.

The success of this locker drive was a big boost to our players and coaches. You sent us a message that you support our efforts regardless if we're struggling. Thank you for supporting the young men and coaches that I have the opportunity and privilege to lead every day. Denise and I are thankful to be back home trying to make a difference.

Coach Jim Moore

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Traci wrote on Mar 12, 2008 2:55 PM:

" First let me say congratulations to the community for showing support for our high school football players.
Now to make this a male/female issue is just a bit out of reach. This locker room drive was for football lockers, not about the sex of the players.
Lets not allow the support of the community to fall short on the next goal of the school and children who attend it. Vote yes, and allow these young men to put up their new lockers. "

Youth Parent, Male & Female wrote on Mar 10, 2008 10:44 AM:

" If I am not mistaken the purpose of this fund raising project was to raise money for FOOTBALL lockers. Football equipment is larger and more bulky than other athletic equipment. Therefore much larger lockers are required. To make this a male/female issue is silly and uninformed. If a female decides to play high school football, I am quite sure arrangement will be made to accommodate her equipment. The community came together and raised this money as a group. Thank you all for your support. "

NS wrote on Mar 9, 2008 1:53 PM:

" This is the issue: "the ability to have every male athlete in a new locker". If there were female's on the football team, did they get new lockers? "

Mark wrote on Mar 6, 2008 8:54 AM:

" Males aren't allowed in the female's locker room either, so what's your point? "

Anonymous wrote on Feb 29, 2008 12:43 PM:

" I'm pretty sure female athletes, even female football players, aren't allowed in the boys locker room.

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ok chris wrote on Feb 27, 2008 7:30 PM:

" I believe that females are allowed to play football. "

Anonymous wrote on Feb 26, 2008 2:27 PM:

" What about female athletes? "

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