Many have swim teams for school-age children as well as a tennis court or two, Ping-Pong tables and a snack bar.
In court, the defence team for school 565 said the teacher had been dismissed in December after a group of parents complained about her conduct.
At the beginning of the school year, the district disbanded all sports teams for middle school students and high school freshmen.
Saying they were stunned and appalled, hundreds of donors, most from outside the city, came up with the nearly $1 million needed to reinstate all of the Knights teams for this school year.
The 1964 1965 football team, the first integrated team for the school, won the first state championship in school history, helping to ease racial tensions.
You might simply have a library team for your school.
"In a lot of ways we have become the P.R. team for the school," said Joe Riley, a fourth-year art student, nibbling on some trail mix.
Student 11: The problem reaches down even to middle schools, which become feeder teams for the high-school teams, which are the farm teams for colleges, which are gladiatorial training camps for Big Time Sports.
Your child can join teams at school, or look for local lessons or leagues in whatever sport or activity your child enjoys.
Later, boys considered good enough for school teams, were given "following on" caps – a tradition that still marks selection for national teams today.
SLAC hosts an annual Regional Science Bowl for teams of high school students.
