Can you imagine a high school where sports comes before academics?
Well, look at it this way. The new Bill Crothers Secondary School in Unionville is something very special - a $32-million facility with state-of-the-art equipment, plenty of gyms and fields and a facility that allows an academic program to be built around the sports commitments of students.
Different, you can bet on it. Then again, not a good idea to bet on anything that is school related.
Kudos to the York Region District School Board for listening - and then coming up with a school that enhances the goals of young athletes to pursue their dream of playing in the pros or competing at the Olympics or finding a sports-related career.
