Mission CISD: fall sports practices to start Sept. 28

MISSION — After months of uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic which featured protests, surveys, petitions and delayed votes, Mission CISD introduced Tuesday afternoon that it’s going to discipline fall sports activities competitors in response to a information launch.

In keeping with the information launch, faculties within the Mission college district have been given the inexperienced mild to renew on-campus fall sports activities practices for cross nation, soccer, volleyball and group tennis on Sept. 28, which is the primary day Hidalgo County faculties could reopen for in-person instruction and on-campus, school-sponsored extracurricular actions per a county-level public well being order, after being given the go-ahead by Mission CISD Superintendent Dr. Carol G. Perez.

“After cautiously and meticulously assessing all knowledge gathered, the choice has been made to take a measured return to in-person athletics by beginning with our varsity groups,” Perez stated. “For fogeys who select to permit their youngsters to take part, we want to guarantee them that we are going to be taking acceptable safeguards based mostly upon the requirements of the CDC, UIL, the state, and our native officers.”

About two dozen mother and father and student-athletes from fall sports activities packages at each Mission Excessive and Mission Veterans protested at the district’s headquarters in Mission to voice their frustrations and present their assist for fall sports activities remaining an possibility for student-athletes and fogeys alike.

Practically 200 households representing each Mission excessive faculties and the district’s a number of center faculties signed a proper petition asking Mission CISD directors to chorus from making any additional choices relating to the standing of fall sports activities till extra info turned obtainable relating to fall sports activities preferences and the general public well being scenario, which has been steadily however steadily enhancing throughout Hidalgo County up to now few weeks.

The Mission college district responded by emailing out a fall sports activities survey to greater than 1,500 households however postponed a vote on making any decisions during a Sept. 9 board meeting after it was found {that a} sizable majority of the survey recipients didn’t reply calling the info into query.

Dr. Perez additionally indicated that Mission CISD’s return-to-play plan will embody “every day screenings, frequent and common disinfecting, bodily distancing, masks, and so on.” in response to the information launch.

Whereas schedules stay unclear for now, it seems as if the soccer packages at each Mission Excessive and Mission Veterans will likely be trying to take part in a lone scrimmage every Oct. 16 with every group’s regular-season opener being tentatively scheduled for Oct. 23.

The Patriots soccer program was nonetheless trying to find a Week 1 non-district opponent as of Wednesday night, whereas the Eagles soccer squad will possible play a district-only common season schedule relying upon begin dates at different District 31-6A faculties in Edinburg CISD and PSJA ISD.

Competitions may start as quickly as Oct. 6 with volleyball scrimmages for each Mission Excessive and Mission Veterans, because the Eagles’ and Partiots’ volleyball squads will scrimmage each other Oct. 9.

Mission CISD additionally added in its information launch that when competitors for all fall sports activities resumes, “Audiences will likely be restricted to 2 friends per athlete. No different scholar teams like bands, cheerleaders, and so on. will attend competitions. Viewers members at Mission CISD venues will likely be screened, sanitation stations will likely be supplied, distancing requirements will likely be enforced, and masks will likely be required.”

The information additionally comes on the heels of Brownsville ISD asserting over the weekend that it too would resume full-fledged, on-campus fall sports activities practices Sept. 28 with a goal date of Oct. 23 for normal season openers for every of the district’s six highschool soccer packages.

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