Flour Bluff ISD to Offer Sports Officiating Classes for Upcoming School Year

The Flour Bluff Independent School District announced in a news release Thursday that it will offer a sports referee class for the 2024-2025 school year.

The course will be offered to juniors and seniors as an elective course.

Football, volleyball and basketball officiating will be taught during the fall semester. Football, softball and baseball are expected to be taught in the spring.

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As students complete each course, they will be able to contact the corresponding sports officials section and immediately begin observing officials.

Flour Bluff ISD is just one of 15 districts in Texas to offer this program to students. The district said the course will allow students to learn a trade that will help them acquire beneficial traits for their future and that students will have the opportunity to develop and hone their interpersonal communication skills and connect with the community.