News: Lacrosse Supporters Rally to Save Sport from Cuts

(Apr. 10, 2010) - Lacrosse supporters across Loudoun County are scrambling to save their sport from cuts as JV lacrosse is under threat of elimination in a reconciliation vote of the school district budget this coming Tuesday.

Kim Becker, the Algonkian Lacrosse Girls Commissioner, sent along the following message to lacrosse supporters:

The Loudoun County School Board is scheduled to vote on a significant number of budget cuts on Tuesday. The Loudoun County School Board "Option 1" will, among other things, drop Boys and Girls JV lacrosse at our high schools. In this version of the budget, the plan is to drop all freshman sports as well as JV Lacrosse. WHY SINGLE OUT LACROSSE? As documented in the Washington Post recently, lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the area.

*UVA's men's team is ranked #1 team in the country, their women #4
*Loudoun Valley just defeated the defending state champs; Stone Bridge just lost to the same team by a mere 2 goals
*Loudoun County is sending two boys to play at defending National Champion Syracuse, and Dominion is sending Alex Rizzo to play for the Naval Academy
*Algonkian Lacrosse has tripled in size over the past 3 years (now over 300 children)
... AND WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM LACROSSE???

The current schedule is for one more Public Forum Monday (4/12) night, then a closed vote on Tuesday (4/13). We need to hold our Board Members accountable to how they vote, especially in matters pertaining to our children. Please contact your school board member and voice your support of JV lacrosse. Time is of the essence. Feedback to all LCPS board members must be received by Monday.

Here is a link to a list of the scool board members.

You can also find a "Save JV Lax" image on our website, if you would like to use it.