Basketball hoops to be restored after boy's letter

Basketball hoops to be restored after boy's letter

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PROVO — A fourth-grade student learned a lesson in community involvement after writing a letter to his principal about bringing basketball hoops back to his elementary school.

This year, Lincoln Johnson learned in school how to write an argumentative essay. Lincoln decided that for his assignment, he would write his school’s principal about getting basketball hoops back on the playground.

“He came home and told me and my wife that this was his plan.” his father, Jason Johnson, said.

Where some of the hoops once stood are portable classrooms at Westridge Elementary, Johnson said.

A few weeks later, Lincoln got a letter on official school letterhead from the principal.

“Your reasons behind requesting the basketball hoops to be installed again are valid reasons. I’m sure you don’t want to play football every day at recess,” the principal wrote. “One of the great aspects of basketball is that many students can play games like speed and 7 on the line. I agree with you that we need to install the basketball hoops again as soon as possible.”

The principal also wrote that he had made arrangements to replace the basketball hoops and install additional playground equipment, hopefully by spring.

Passionate about basketball, Lincoln was excited to hear the hoops would return and that the principal would reply to his request.

“He thought it was really cool that the principal would respond to him personally like that,” Johnson said. “As a parent, it’s kind of cool to see your kid have a passion about something to the point they would be willing to write up a formal piece on it, and I think it’s a nice lesson for him on how he can be involved in his community and things and step into things that he’s not necessarily satisfied with.”

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