Burke Can't Even Keep its Athletes

I'm impressed with Burke's quarterback Del'Javon Simmons who has decided to choose quality education over a senior year of athletic glory at Burke High School. I also think it speaks volumes that he chose not to relay his choice to Coach Earl Brown. Athletic Director and Coach Brown doesn't get and hasn't gotten it for a long time. Isn't it time for him to retire? Brown is quoted in the paper as stating, "If he's going down there to dedicate himself to making good grades, he could have done the same thing here." See, I didn't get that from the article, Coach Brown. I understood that the Burke student wanted "to prepare for the college tests" and clearly felt attending the prep school in Florida would afford him that opportunity more so than remaining at Burke. Simmons was just trying to be nice.
It's bad enough we can't keep our quality academic students at Burke. Now we can't even keep our star athletes. When is this community going to rise up and admit we have some serious problems at Burke?
Good luck, Del'Javon. You've already proven yourself wise beyond your years by making this choice.