The administrators (pictured here at right) at the public schools in Aurora, Illinois are doing their best to fire up the kids and getting them worked up to come back to school. The 2 public schools held a rally for the students that featured their superintendent and the superintendent from the other school. At the rally, each Superintendent entered into a wager with the other.
The two schools are set to face each other in the opening game of the Football season this week:
The wager was well received by the students:
Perhaps because polo shirts with small logos can be a little too discreet, especially with a cleverly placed name tag, the superintendents of the East and West Aurora school districts decided to fatten their annual bet.At Monday's welcome back rallies -- West Aurora's "Staff Kickoff" and East Aurora's "Red and Black Pride Day" -- West Superintendent Jim Rydland and East counterpart Jerome Roberts shook hands, validating a friendly wager that hinges on the outcome of Friday's East-West football game at the Tomcats' Roy E. Davis Field.
The loser must wear his rival team's helmet to work for a day next week -- a proclamation that drew thunderous applause and laughter from staff and faculty assembled in each high school's auditorium.In years past, the losing superintendent simply wore his opposition's polo shirt.
We here at OurCivicPride love that they have upped the ante on the wager. It's also really nice that they're using this as a vehicle to get kids excited about school.
Bottomline: Based on the shame factor of making someone sit in a school office and wear a helmet all day, and that factor alone, we rate this wager high. If this was between Mayors or even Congressmen - where the office in which the loser was sitting was a bit more significant, we'd think this might be one of the best bets of all time. We give this wager: 47 Daleys.
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