Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
I'm not from NJ and I'm just checking to see how public school teams operate with uniforms.

My son is 2027 and in our public school we have received an email about ordering game shorts. Seems that our school district requires the players/parents to pay for game shorts.
I already asked the coach and his response was very concise; it's the players responsibility, not the schools to order shorts.

I'm guessing that he doesn't want to be bothered in collecting/distributing and inventorying shorts.

So, just wondering how uniforms (shorts specifically) are managed in other public schools?

Our public HS took a similar approach. The kids had to buy their own helmets and the booster club bought balls and other basics including uniforms. The HS covered the coaches, refs, fields, and buses. Everything else was on the families.


My son's school gave them helmet stickers, uniforms and a bag (bag/uniform returned at end of season). Helmets, same color shoes, lax equipment and practice clothes were the players' cost. I would say having the same look went a look way compared to schools that didn't have that. Out of pocket about $600 not counting booster stuff.

One annoyance was that the varsity coach did have to deal with all the stuff parents ordered as extra. Seemed unnecessary when they're focusing on a good season of lax!