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CUSD Board been brought to the attention of problematic coaches in the past by InclusioNado.
Community members and Board Trustees have shown their opposition to diversity initiatives claiming we do not need them.
See our blog posts regarding this:
Discipline Action Guide Response dated Oct 15, 2020
Ending harassment within the Coronado unified school district dated Feb 10, 2021
We will still continue pursuing this to ensure changes take place.
The protocol CUSD published regarding ethics, and coach conduct can be found here:
CUSD’s Islander Sports Foundation’s “Ethics in Sports”
Coronado Unified School District – Coaches Handbook
There has been a widely cited Miami Herald article dated from 2019 regarding a “flying tortilla tradition” that states
“A tortilla was flung from the Texas Tech student section onto the hardwood” – regardless of the validity of this so-called ‘tradition’, the throwing of said food at people was not a component.
There is no evidence of this ‘tradition’ being apparent anywhere else, and no evidence for this occurring at every consecutive game. Therefore it can be concluded that this is not a tradition, and the incident that took place Saturday June 19th can not be categorized as such.
tradition (noun): the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation
No, is the short answer.
There is no evidence or accounts of Coronado High School or Middle School sports teams engaging with the act of throwing food stuffs at each other or the opposing team, nor during a game or when concluding a game.
Please see below California’s Interscholastic Federation’s Statement
Yes, it is taking place the afternoon of Tuesday June 22, 2021. However the public has been informed that it is a closed door session and will not be publicly televised. The reason for this is not known and does draw concern over the ethics and validity of such an investigation.
We are also aware that CIF are conducting their own investigation and that the Coronado Police Department are conduting their own investigation as well.
Direct all concerns, complaints, and queries to the Coronado Islander Sports Foundation Contacts for Board of Directors 2020-2021