On Recent Tragedies
“The VHSL has the privilege of serving and being part of a diverse community of student-athletes, coaches, school administrators, and officials,” said Haun. “We have the unique privilege of offering opportunities for young people of color who contribute much to their school communities and who will one day make even greater contributions to this country and the world. We hope recent tragedies will inspire all students and our membership to seek and create change with empathy and honesty about the social and racial injustices faced by people of color every day in our country. The VHSL does not have all the answers but we embrace our obligation to empathize, sympathize, listen, encourage dialogue, and support our African American student-athletes and activity participants as we stand with them to end racial injustice in our country.”
On Reopening of Schools
The Governor will soon be announcing his plans for reopening schools across Virginia. Once those details are released, VHSL staff along with the VHSL Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC), will review the Governor’s guidelines and develop a plan to reopen athletics and academic activities that are not in conflict with his plan.
“We will take that plan and align it with the work our SMAC committee has done, share those for approval with our Executive Committee and then provide those guidelines to school divisions as they develop their own plans for reopening athletics,” said Haun. “We know people are anxious and want to know when athletic activities will begin. I want to assure everyone that we will move as quickly as possible to put a plan in place.”
