Some students, educators and community members are urging the Olathe Board of Education to reconsider a proposal that would move middle school dance and cheer from an elective to an extracurricular activity.
Currently, dance and cheer are only offered as in-school electives during the regular school day, not before or after school. Olathe is the only Johnson County school district that does that.
Marlee Trentham, a freshman at Olathe South, told the board at its Dec. 4 meeting that taking dance classes in middle school made her feel like she had a place in the school, something she doesn’t want taken away from future students…