All Coaches at East Bay High School to Be Let Go at End of Their Seasons, Told to Reapply Next Year

All Coaches at East Bay High School to Be Let Go at End of Their Seasons, Told to Reapply Next Year

Newark Memorial High School in the East Bay began dismissing all 45 of its athletic coaches and assistants at the end of their respective seasons last month, telling them they may be rehired next year without saying whether this was an annual policy. As NBC Bay Area reports, the Newark Memorial High School community received a rude awakening Thursday upon hearing the news that all of the school’s coaches and assistants were being let go at the e…

Newark high school community frustrated over new policy that fires coaches at end of year

By John Ramos The high school community in the East Bay city of Newark is in an uproar as a result of a new policy by the local school district.   At the end of this school year, all high school sports coaches and their assistants will be fired, with an option to reapply for their old jobs. The district says it’s a new Human Resources policy, but to the coaches and team supporters, it feels like an insult. It may have been a Saturday, but the Ne…