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Updated: 5:52 PM Feb 9, 2010
Update: Haircut Incident Costs Coach
Coach's attorney wonders why they didn't get to address the school board A young boy says he was humiliated in front of his teammates by his own coach. The incident involves a haircut at Yutan High School.
Posted: 5:34 PM Feb 9, 2010Reporter: Brian Mastre Email Address: sixonline@wowt.com |
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A young boy says he was humiliated in front of his teammates by his own coach. The incident involves a haircut at Yutan High School.
The coach had already been suspended for two games for the incident and after a mother's complaints, he'll be more strictly supervised for the rest of the season.
David Woodke, attorney for Coach John Arensberg, told Channel 6 News on Tuesday afternoon that his client was told to stay away from Monday night's board meeting. At that meeting, the Yutan school board met for more than two hours behind closed doors. Players say the Boys Varsity basketball coach cut a freshman's hair when he didn't score enough points in a December game. He wanted the player to score 6 points.
Kristi Pietzmeier took her complaint to the full school board. She talked about the embarrassment her son felt and that he said the same haircut consequence happened to another player a week later. The teen's mother wonders what kind of message it's sending to the students when a coach only gets a suspension for this type of behavior.
"I think he should be removed form coaching any extracurricular activities. He's not a good role model. He's demonstrated poor decisions and anybody who can do that to a child shouldn't be in that situation again."
Kristi Pietzmeier is disappointed with the boards decision to allow him to keep coaching. Her son, who was upset by the haircut, remains on the team. The other boy who also had his haircut did not complain to the school board.
The coach's attorney says he received word of the closed door meeting too late. "We would have been there," says Woodke.
Yutan Superintendent Kevin Johnson tells Channel 6 News that the board also decided the coach will be supervised by either the athletic director or principal at all practices and games for the rest of the year. He wouldn't go into details since it's a personnel issue but said, in general, these types of situations often come with other stringent requirements that are never made public.
The board, as it always does, will review the coach's performance after the season.








