The administration just backed down and the permit access is finally back where it belongs for the whole community. I honestly still feel like I am in a dream because I was so convinced they would dig their heels in forever. Please keep an eye on the schedule because we …
August 21, 2016
Final supporters
Since its inception in the 1970s, generations of AYSO Region 69 players have used the fields at Paul Revere Middle School for practices, games, try-outs, instructional clinics, registration and other special events. Through its support of the school in the form of financial donations, field maintenance, and providing goals, equipment, coaches and referees for its athletic program, AYSO has forged a close bond with the Paul Revere community.
Over the past year, however, AYSO has seen its allotment of field space cut in half, having completely lost the permit on the Sunset field. The negative impact on the 100 teams that train at Revere on weekdays, the entire U12 girl program that has games on Saturdays, and our Spring League and All-Star programs that run from March through June has been considerable.
The beneficiary of the displacement of AYSO’s 1700 players (many of them current and future Paul Revere students) has been a private 75-player club. AYSO’s pleas before the school’s principal, Mr. Tom Iannucci, have yielded only a further cementing of the private group’s control of the Sunset field.
It’s time the community raised its voice.
We, the undersigned, in acknowledgment of AYSO Region 69’s longstanding relationship with Paul Revere Middle School, a public LAUSD facility, protest the loss of this non-profit organization’s use of the Sunset field to a small, private, for-profit soccer group. The current situation needs to be reversed and a solution that is fair and equitable needs to be implemented. The interests of 1700 players hangs in the balance.
In addition, if you’d like to express your concerns directly, you can email Principal Tom Iannucci ([email protected]) and LAUSD School Board President and District 4 Representative Steve Zimmer ([email protected]).
Thank you for your support.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 27, 2016
June 24, 2016
I just looked at the count and we are just hovering right under five hundred which is crazy considering how fast this started moving. If everyone reading this just grabs one person who knows how much those fields matter to the kids and gets them to click the button we will blow right past that mark and really show the school board we are not going anywhere.
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2016
204 Comments
My first AYSO practice was at Paul Revere. That was 41 years ago. I have such a clear memory of that. Every time I drive by Revere I remember it. I remember the fear, the challenges, the exhilaration, the feeling of pure joy. Please don't deny this to other children.
There is so little park space in the city of LA. As a public school, I am hopeful you will reconsider and allow AYSO, a not-for-profit organization that serves so many children of the community, to have the access needed to your wonderful field and facilities. Thank you.
AYSO is important to so many boys and girls - learning to work as a team, keeping your body moving and so much more. Please help to keep the kids close enough to home and in their community. As a working mom, proximity of afterschool activities is very important
As a neighbor of Paul Revere (I live in the Polo Fields neighborhood) and long time AYSO parent, I encourage the school administration to reconsider its permit allocation. The school fields would be best used to support neighbors and the community. Thank you!
As a public school, Paul Revere should support AYSO Region 69 as a community based organization rather than a small private club that does not share the principles of AYSO, which emphasizes inclusiveness and broad based participation.
I think it is important to give AYSO the field space it needs. It is one of the few youth organizations, that is so inclusive and gets everyone to play.
Our kids need somewhere to play. Please help your community!
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The administration just backed down and the permit access is finally back where it belongs for the whole community. I honestly still feel like I am in a dream because I was so convinced they would dig their heels in forever. Please keep an eye on the schedule because we …
August 21, 2016
Final supporters
Since its inception in the 1970s, generations of AYSO Region 69 players have used the fields at Paul Revere Middle School for practices, games, try-outs, instructional clinics, registration and other special events. Through its support of the school in the form of financial donations, field maintenance, and providing goals, equipment, coaches and referees for its athletic program, AYSO has forged a close bond with the Paul Revere community.
Over the past year, however, AYSO has seen its allotment of field space cut in half, having completely lost the permit on the Sunset field. The negative impact on the 100 teams that train at Revere on weekdays, the entire U12 girl program that has games on Saturdays, and our Spring League and All-Star programs that run from March through June has been considerable.
The beneficiary of the displacement of AYSO’s 1700 players (many of them current and future Paul Revere students) has been a private 75-player club. AYSO’s pleas before the school’s principal, Mr. Tom Iannucci, have yielded only a further cementing of the private group’s control of the Sunset field.
It’s time the community raised its voice.
We, the undersigned, in acknowledgment of AYSO Region 69’s longstanding relationship with Paul Revere Middle School, a public LAUSD facility, protest the loss of this non-profit organization’s use of the Sunset field to a small, private, for-profit soccer group. The current situation needs to be reversed and a solution that is fair and equitable needs to be implemented. The interests of 1700 players hangs in the balance.
In addition, if you’d like to express your concerns directly, you can email Principal Tom Iannucci ([email protected]) and LAUSD School Board President and District 4 Representative Steve Zimmer ([email protected]).
Thank you for your support.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 27, 2016
June 24, 2016
I just looked at the count and we are just hovering right under five hundred which is crazy considering how fast this started moving. If everyone reading this just grabs one person who knows how much those fields matter to the kids and gets them to click the button we will blow right past that mark and really show the school board we are not going anywhere.
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2016
204 Comments
All three of my kids are Paul Revere students. And all three have played AYSO. I do not understand how the fields can be taken away from an organization that is open to everyone and has multitudes more players and be given to a group that excludes all but a few.
My first AYSO practice was at Paul Revere. That was 41 years ago. I have such a clear memory of that. Every time I drive by Revere I remember it. I remember the fear, the challenges, the exhilaration, the feeling of pure joy. Please don't deny this to other children.
There is so little park space in the city of LA. As a public school, I am hopeful you will reconsider and allow AYSO, a not-for-profit organization that serves so many children of the community, to have the access needed to your wonderful field and facilities. Thank you.
AYSO is important to so many boys and girls - learning to work as a team, keeping your body moving and so much more. Please help to keep the kids close enough to home and in their community. As a working mom, proximity of afterschool activities is very important
As a neighbor of Paul Revere (I live in the Polo Fields neighborhood) and long time AYSO parent, I encourage the school administration to reconsider its permit allocation. The school fields would be best used to support neighbors and the community. Thank you!
As a public school, Paul Revere should support AYSO Region 69 as a community based organization rather than a small private club that does not share the principles of AYSO, which emphasizes inclusiveness and broad based participation.
I think it is important to give AYSO the field space it needs. It is one of the few youth organizations, that is so inclusive and gets everyone to play.
Our kids need somewhere to play. Please help your community!
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All three of my kids are Paul Revere students. And all three have played AYSO. I do not understand how the fields can be taken away from an organization that is open to everyone and has multitudes more players and be given to a group that excludes all but a few.