OMG, people.
In what was apparently a brouhaha of epic proportions — and likely very entertaining, to boot — North Kitsap High parents showed up in a cacophonous fashion Thursday night at the North Kitsap School District Board of Directors meeting. The topic that packed the house?
Territory.
At issue was a rumor — a straight-up rumor — that the school district was planning on painting over all the Vikings emblems at what is now officially the North Kitsap stadium. It was an idea at one point in casual conversation, yes, but that idea was never put to paper.
Well, it wasn’t until this week, when it appeared in the form of a flyer reading “The North Kitsap School Board wants to paint over ALL of the Vikings logo on the NKHS Stadium to make it more neutral for Kingston. If you OPPOSE this action and want to keep the stadium with the Vikings on it, go to the school board meeting … NKHS NEEDS TO BE HEARD.”
Rumors and innuendo aplenty speculated as to where the flyers originated. In lightening speed, the flyers made the rounds through e-mails and faxes. One even magically (and anonymously) appeared on our fax machine here at The Herald.
The North troops were riled and ready for a fight. They contended that the stadium — the now-dubbed district stadium, which is no longer the high school’s very own stadium — would not be “neutralized” to accommodate Kingston.
The problem was, as we mentioned before, there wasn’t any plan to do so in the first place.
The prevailing attitude from the North was that there was no way, no how, they should have to give up even a fraction of their identity to share their space with the new high school.
Kind of an extreme case of big brother pulling little brother’s hair then blaming little brother. All the while, mom and dad (in this case, the school board) were watching in wide-eyed amazement that their children were capable of such deeds.
Problem was, little brother wasn’t even there.
Again, as if by magic, Kingston wasn’t really all that represented at the meeting.
Kingston is stuck between no bleachers and a hard place, as the school has a field but no lights and has to make do with portable bleachers, tents housing concessions and Honey Buckets.
Just to play devil’s advocate, it would be rather difficult to show your Buccaneer pride while standing in line for the Honey Bucket.
As it now stands, both teams are playing their home games at North Kitsap Stadium.
If the stadium is going to house both teams, both teams have the right to be represented.
