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Saturday, October 19, 2002

I went to see my old high school play the other night. I've lived half my life since I last saw the RAIDERS play. It was my RAIDERS vs. the Mustangs. I know two of the Mustangs coaches and a bunch of kids on their team from the old school I used to teach at. The RAIDERS lost a close game in OT 26-23. The RAIDERS should have destroyed them as they moved the ball inside the 10 5 times without scoring. However this was not the most disturbing thing I saw. There were no Yell Leaders on the RAIDER sideline.Yell Leaders are defined as the male counterpart to the female cheerleaders. There have been budget cuts in the JOCO, but this is ridiculous. Doesn't the school board know that nothing is more damaging to a school's ACT results than not having Yell Leaders? Also, nothing damages the number of National Merit Scholars more than not having Yell Leaders. Communities without high school Yell Leaders have trouble attracting corporations and businesses to move to the area and often businesses close down when there are no Yell Leaders. Parents are relunctant to enroll their kids in districts without a Yell Leader program. The RAIDERS' Yell Leader program has been cut. Property values go down in areas without Yell Leaders. Yell leaders give status to your school. Yell Leaders bring the elite to your school. Yell Leaders are a vital part to any prestigious school. Without Yell Leaders, my high school is just another school and several degrees below where it was when I was a student. This is a devastating blow to my old high school. Yell Leaders are the heart and soul of any school. They are the goofballs, the class clowns. They are the class leaders and scholars. They get the student body pumped up. To think, my high school was flying high when I was there in the 80s. Our Yell Leaders were great in their bright yellow painter's pants.Now, there is just a pack of cheerleaders down there to cheer alone. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 8:35 AM