http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/09/16/nosports/index.html
From the article: "Mayers no longer has a team because the South-Western City School Board (the district includes four high schools: Central Crossing, Grove City, Franklin Heights and Westland) took the unprecedented step of canceling all extra-curricular activities after voters failed to pass an operating levy Aug. 4. Now, the four high schools in Ohio's sixth-largest school district have no sports, no bands, no drama productions and no student council."
So i can understand and actually applaud not having the atheletic fee because it would penalize lower income students. Reading the article, this still feels like a way to use the students as a ploy to generate more school funds...
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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they are tripping.... i would like to see the numbers of how many high school aged kids the folks on the board have, how many of them attend public school and how many of do some sort of extracirricular activity.... this is ridiculous....
ReplyDeletewhen i think about this is a "baby" (if you live in this county, its huge) socialist vs capitalistic like argument.... it boils down to people generally favor a capitalistic approach (i got mine so get yours) when they do not have to rely on the socialistic system (i get my health insurance from my employer and i have no complaints; until i get laid off then see me on the other side.... i can send my child to boarding school). taxes anyway you slice it is socialistic.... people just have to agree on the degree of implementation of such plans (whether its public school, healthcare, police force, military aid, etc.)....
no sort of compromise huh...let the kids pay for it.