Athletic Directors, Coaches Cope with Teachers' Strikes

Bob Geiger, a physical education instructor and girls' cross country coach at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood, knew it was likely that Chicago Public Schools teachers would go on strike in September.

Bob Geiger, a physical education instructor and girls' cross country coach at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood, knew it was likely that Chicago Public Schools teachers would go on strike in September. So by the time teachers took to the picket lines on Sept. 10, Geiger had already handed over practice plans for the entire season to several upperclassmen - stating that he had no intention of crossing those lines. "Any union member that coaches a [Chicago Public High School League] team is a scab," he told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I told them, 'You guys organize practice. You guys have learned everything you need to know, pass that knowledge on.' "

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