GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — Within 24 hours, an online petition organized by Lehua Collins to reinstate East High School head football coach Kominiko Sila gathered more than 1,000 signatures.

Sila was placed on administrative leave by the Green Bay Area Public School District October 16, one day before the Red Devils’ final game of the season.

“There were kids at the football game on Friday that were crying,” said Collins, Sila’s sister.

The school district confirmed Sila’s leave with NBC 26 but did not provide a reason for the decision, saying it was a “personnel matter.”

Charlie Braner, President of the East High Gridiron Club, said he learned of Sila’s leave from a group text message Sila sent to some parents of the club.

The message read:

“Just letting y’all know, I will not be ther

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