About FISS
What is Fairness in School Sports (FISS)?
FISS, Inc., Ltd, was started for families who believe their children are not receiving fair treatment in school sports. FISS is headquartered in Lorton, Virginia, about 20 miles south of Washington, D.C.
FISS is about high school coaches offering fair, open tryouts to build their teams and not hold fake tryouts, when they already have the new players picked from their clinics. Some of the coaches run sports clinics before the sports season for which they are paid (paid by the parents). Sometimes these kids whose parents can afford the extra clinics, are what the teams are made up of. The ‘tryouts’ are for ‘looks’. they already know who the new players are - the kids of the parents that ‘bought’ their way on it!
Mission Statement
- To provide a safe, healthy and fair environment for FCPS students who participate in athletics.
- To support the coaches who work with our student athletes.
- To ensure that all FCPS coaches receive the required training and abide by all VHSL and FCPS policies regarding athletics.
- To eliminate conflicts of interest among coaches who receive compensation from their student athletes and require FCPS to enforce such rules.
- To require coaches to communicate to student athletes specific criteria for their team selection and to ensure that no “pre-selection” of players occurs.
- To enforce current policies that prohibit coaches from using FCPS property for personal commercial use and not permit any promotion of any personal business using FCPS resources.
- To ensure a safe environment for students in FCPS weight rooms by draftng rules regarding the use of equipment and better supervision of the weight rooms and enforcement of these rules.
- To provide an independent panel where parents and students can have their grievances addressed regarding participation in athletics and any complaints can be heard by an impartial person.
- To ensure that any parent or student who files a complaint will not be retaliated against by any coach or staff member. Any coach who violates this policy will be held accountable.
- To improve FCPS’s athletics by protecting the interests and safety of our student athletes.