Champaign officials want greater role in sports issues

CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign school district needs to assert more control over how new sports programs are created and administered, say school board members.

The board on Monday night approved an exploratory baseball program for Edison Middle School students for the fall season – which began Monday – with the conditions that the program is evaluated by the district and the use of volunteer coaches complies with the district's teacher contract.

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