Social worker starts flag football at Milwaukee middle school [Video]

ONE CALL. THAT’S ALL A RECESS FAVORITE NOW A REALITY FOR STUDENTS AT ONE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL. THANKS TO A SOCIAL WORKER. 12 NEWS IS DUKE CARTER INTRODUCES US TO THE JEREMIAH CURTIN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY’S COED FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR TYPICAL PRACTICE. JEREMIAH CURTIN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FLAG FOOTBALL SQUAD GOING OVER DRILLS. AND WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE THE AVERAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS PLAYING THEIR STORY, UNIQUE, THE TEAM STARTED BECAUSE A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER NOTICED STUDENTS PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL AT RECESS. I WAS KIND OF LIKE CALLING OUT WHAT THEY COULD DO BETTER AS LIKE A TEAM. I DON’T ALWAYS KNOW ALL THE LOGISTICS AT THAT TIME, BUT LIKE, I REALLY FELT LIKE THEY WERE STARTING TO BE BETTER WITH EACH OTHER. ONE, 234, FIVE SIX. SO SAMANTHA GAUGER STEPPED UP TO START THE SCHOOL’S FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM. IT’S A LEARNING CURVE FOR HER BECAUSE THIS IS …