WAMU Denied Access to Wootton HS Meeting on Football Injuries

WAMU:  After Son's Ordeal, Parents Warn Others Of Overexertion

...Brian wasn't the only one at the session that experienced problems that day. Four other students were admitted to the hospital in varying stages of the muscular problem after the conditioning program that day, according to school officials.Wootton High School has responded. A letter to parents that Wootton High officials posted on the school's website in May notes "several young athletes ended up hospitalized" after attending the same session as Brian on May 4.The after-school program was suspended for several days, and school officials scheduled a meeting for June 7 to address parents' concerns. [WAMU was denied access to this meeting.]Principal Dr. Michael Doran says the exercise Brian had been doing has been eliminated from the conditioning program, and the program has been modified...

...In addition, one coach that had been involved with the conditioning is no longer coaching. "There's one coach who is no longer coaching," says Doran...