Are We Really Going to Give Stoneham's Future the Boot?

The cuts are already planned, but never say never is our attitude. Example: our Junior year soccer team (1988, the first year SHS offered soccer, coached by a younger Coach Carino) didn't win one single game the whole season. Our Senior year, we started a crisp 0 - 10 and it looked like our winless streak would never end. But after a rousing speech from Coach, and a willing Watertown opponent (I think they had maybe one win at the time), we managed to squeak out a tie that honestly, felt better than any win I experienced in sports. I remember getting joyously tackled by a teammate when the final horn sounded and I thought, this is how Red Auerbach must feel all the time. If that team could pull that off, surely this new team of ours can find a way to keep sports, art and music in Stoneham's schools.

All comments welcome. There has got to be a way to keep these vital programs in the Stoneham schools!