Lynbrook expands athletic training services with new off-site facility
Reported byHerald Community Newspapers
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Lynbrook's school district has set up a second athletic training room, thanks to equipment donated by JAG Physical Therapy, a New Jersey-based company with Long Island locations. The new space is at Marion Street, a campus where the district's football, soccer and lacrosse teams play. Before this, the high school's athletic trainer, who has held the job since 2017, mostly worked out of one permanent room at the high school and carried a bag of supplies to other sites.
Most Lynbrook teams practice or compete away from the high school, with volleyball among the few based there. According to the athletic director, the district had not considered an off-site room until JAG offered the gift, and the district converted an empty locker room for the purpose. JAG says the donation, made over the summer and valued at roughly $4,000, includes a treatment table, a supply cart, a heat-therapy unit and an electrical stimulation device. The room was ready for the start of the fall football season.
The trainer says the room makes game preparation and injury response easier at the site hosting many of the larger events. She will still travel to other sites, such as the two middle schools. The athletic director says the room could be a model for more spaces. JAG says this is its first such donation on Long Island and that its president has family ties to Lynbrook schools.
Why it matters
The story shows how a private donation prompted a district to rethink access to athletic training for students who play at several scattered sites. Families and board members may weigh how districts decide which resources to add and whether donations can fill gaps.
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- How should a district decide where to place athletic training resources when teams use several different sites?
- What factors should a school board consider when accepting donated equipment from a private company?
- Should the district plan for training rooms at other athletic sites, and how might that be funded?
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