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Originally Posted by lzppjb
Kids play sports. It will not and should not stop. With that being said, do you think they should be placed in small locker rooms where staph infections are likely? Bowie has outdated locker rooms. The football team has 2 or 3 guys sharing a locker. Just a couple years ago, a staph infection spread through the team in the middle of the season. And that's at one of the newer high schools in the district! Only Akins is newer.
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I did find a Statesman article saying that Bowie might be at risk of staph infections due to inadequate ventilation. I did not know much about staph except that it is a side effect of surgery so I looked up some information. “Staph is a common bacteria that lives on approximately 30% of the population’s skin and it’s usually spread between people through close skin contact or sharing contaminated objects such as towels or razors.” Sounds like a sanitation issue, and yes having a bigger locker room would help but so would better ventilation. So maybe they do not need three football teams, or maybe a better ventilation. Both of those would be cheaper than building a new athletics wing.