There are two schools in Fairview Park: St. Angela (K-8 catholic school) and Fairview Park (public school). Today I learned that these two schools do not get along. There was a birthday party in one of the banquet rooms and after the party, a few of the boys signed in as members to play in the gym. I learned later that those boys went to St. Angela. When I walked into the gym, the St. Angela boys were playing 4-on-4 with a few of the Fairview Park boys. To me, it seemed like nothing; boys were playing a pick-up game. When I came back into the gym, the boys were up in each other’s faces. I go over to see what is wrong….this is how I know I have matured because the issue is so stupid to me….the Fairview boys had won the game but the St. Angela boys were still playing on the court. The gym was pretty full that day and I wasn’t surprised that the boys didn’t move. They should have all just played together. The Fairview boys started smack-talking the St. Angela boys and I had to pull a few of the Fairview boys aside. Unfortunately, like the boys they are, they all surrounded me and tried to interrupt my conversation with the Fairview boys, who were in the wrong. At one point, one kid got in my face just to tell me it was all the St. Angela’s boys’ fault. They were the ones causing a scene, not the St. Angela boys. One of the Fairview kids started calling them names and a St. Angela boy responded with a middle-finger and swearing at him…..all over basketball court mind you….so again I had to pull more kids aside. With all of the chaos, I was so frustrated that I just brought both groups together and told them they either have to go home, play on a different court or co-exist. If the fighting continued, I was just going to throw them all out. No one wanted to leave so they all calmed down and separated themselves. Literally 15 minutes after all of the chaos, they were all playing basketball in the same court together.
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August 2016
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