Transitional weight room available to classes, sports teams

In an email message to coaches and teachers Athletic Director Jason Porter announced that strength training can resume in what was once the "high tech" classroom in the middle school. The text of his message is reprinted below.

The weight room is open for business!  When you get the opportunity please go down to the “Make-Shift Weight Room” by the Middle School Cafeteria and check to see if you have access (keys) that work to get in to it.  If not please let Tonya or myself know as soon as possible. 

There are some stipulations on the weight room that you should know about:

1. No student athletes are to park back by the weight room.  They are to park in front of the middle school or Admin building and walk back to the weight room.
2. No student or athlete is to be let into the weight room to lift without “Coaching” or “Teacher” Supervision.  I stress this because this is NOT a community weight room at this time.  So parents and graduated alumni are not allowed to use it or supervise current Western Athletes.  Coaches have already asked about lifting before and after school and this rule applies at all times.
3. There has been a created lane in the weight room leading from one door to another and to the shop class.  This lane needs to stay open and handicap accessible at all times.  Their can be nothing obstructing this lane. 
4. All equipment needs to be re-racked and put away, lights shut off and doors locked after each and every use.  Coaches are responsible for this at all times as well as PE Teachers, this is not negotiable and needs to be done
5. PE Teachers and Coaches please stress to your students and athletes the importance of the type of conversation and language being used in the weight room by your students, as well as the type of music that is played along with the explicit language content.  There are classrooms close by and impressionable youth and we don’t want to send the wrong message about what Western High School and its Athletic Department are about.