High School Students Step Up to Tackle Local Referee Shortage

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Students at Taunton (Mass.) High School are taking an atypical class and tackling the sports officiating shortage head on.

“The reason this all started was our community liaison," said Taunton High School Athletic Director Mark Ottavianelli, as reported by NBC affiliate WJAR in Providence, R.I. "He noticed the lack of officials and the shortage of officials, so he said, 'Why can’t our kids learn how to do this and then become officials,?' "

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