This year, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) partnered with the Special Olympics to establish a corollary athletics program. The program is intended to give students with and without mental and physical disabilities a chance to participate in an interscholastic athletics team and largely restricts other varsity and junior varsity athletes from joining the teams. The program has consequently introduced three new sports: Unified Track and Field, Unified Bocce and Allied Softball; the bocce program is currently being piloted at Blair and six other MCPS high schools, but the question remains: Is a corollary program an effective way to prompt athletic participation?continues here.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Silver Chips: Pro/Con: Continuing corollary sports
Are corollary programs the appropriate way to encourage athletic participation?
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Well written articles by each student, but the debate misses the larger point. The state of Maryland passed a law several years back requiring sports programs for students with disabilities.
ReplyDeleteThe debate (if there really is one) shouldn't be about whether MCPS should continue. By state law, they have to and they have follow the guidelines in the law.