{"article":{"id":2919411,"jid":null,"author":"Walton CSD","author_avatar":"https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/walton_central_school_district_ar/profile/avatar/144583/circled_b2b2ab96-504f-45e2-ac07-14ac100a90b8.png","author_id":110950,"approved":true,"caption":"","content":"<p>We want to express our sincere appreciation for anyone in the Walton and Downsville communities that attended the Athletic Merger Public Forum and/or participated in the WD Athletic Merger Survey. All comments and suggestions have been taken seriously and are being reviewed in an effort for us to do better for our student athletes, coaches, leadership roles, and the communities impacted.</p><p>In all transparency, for the remainder of the 25-26 school year please follow this chain of communication for each indicated sport:</p><ol><li><p>Start with the coach(es)</p></li><li><p>Next step is the designated person for each sport:</p><p><br>        -Softball and Tennis-Rob Rhinehart <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"mailto:rrhinehart@dcseagles.org\">rrhinehart@dcseagles.org</a></p><p><br>        -Baseball and Track-Zach Gressler <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"mailto:zgressler@waltoncsd.org\">zgressler@waltoncsd.org</a></p></li><li><p>WALTON ​AD-Athletic Director-Teresa Glavin</p></li><li><p>Building Principal for your student athlete</p></li><li><p>Superintendent of Schools for your student athlete</p></li></ol><p>Thank you for your support of Walton-Downsville Athletics.</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Teresa Glavin <br>Superintendent <br>Walton Central School District </p><p>Robert Rhinehart<br>Superintendent<br>Downsville Central School District</p><p>Link to presentation from the athletics forum: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HO2OYKhWPJWfCXDDUDd3aVsDtTlBP0eroZ4Ich3boeM/edit?usp=sharing\">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HO2OYKhWPJWfCXDDUDd3aVsDtTlBP0eroZ4Ich3boeM/edit?usp=sharing</a></p>","content_text":" We want to express our sincere appreciation for anyone in the Walton and Downsville communities tha...","cover_image":null,"day":"19","facebook_page":null,"filter_name":[],"filter_color":[],"gallery_images":[],"image_description":"","image_focal_point_x":50.0,"image_focal_point_y":50.0,"link":"https://www.waltoncsd.org/o/walton-csd/article/2919411","moderator_id":null,"month":"MAY","publish_date":"19 May","published_at":"2026-05-19T13:00:00.000-04:00","snippet":" We want to express our sincere appreciation for anyone in the Walton and Downsville communities that attended the Athletic Merger Public Forum and/or participated in the WD Athlet...","source":"article","scheduled":false,"time_ago":"6 months ago","title":"Statement about Walton/Downsville athletics","to_facebook":false,"to_twitter":false,"twitter_account_id":null,"username":"P.J. Harmer","year":"2026"}}