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The Greenwood, Loyal and Neillsville district administrators met last week to discuss options for sharing athletic training services.

“We’re just looking at different ways to tackle this,” said Lindner. “We don’t know what we’re doing yet.”

Lindner said one of the challenges with sharing with other school districts is scheduling and figuring out who gets the athletic trainer for which games, because, for example, three schools might all have home football games on the same evening and the athletic trainer can only be at one. There would be various details to work out with any shared arrangement.

Spencer District Administrator Mike Endreas said he had also been in conversations with other school administrators about sharing an athletic trainer, because the $80,000 full-time option simply was not financially feasible. Currently Spencer’s athletic trainer is there roughly 13 to 20 hours a week.

“We’re looking at any and all options right now and what’s the best option to meet our needs… For the safety of our kids, especially in collision sports, it’s important to find someone with that training that can be on site,” he said.

Marshfield Clinic declined the TRG’s request for comment.

The school districts have until April 21 to re-sign with Marshfield Clinic. If they decide not to re-sign, services will terminate June 30.

Editor Valorie Brecht contributed to this report.