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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
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It seems that waste in our public schools is rampant today. On top of that, it seems things other than beneficial academics are being emphasized, if you look where all the money is going. I recently heard of a small public high school in Southwest Missouri, who recently built a new building. They built everything using tax dollars. That isn’t the problem. The problem is that the budget is poorly run. The athletic department’s budget grows every year, and they always go into debt. This year, they are $250,000 in debt, with the year only half-over. Then, when you look at such departments as the fine arts, whose budget hasn’t grown in 12 years, it is a different story. They are out of money. The parents are having to fork money over to the fine arts department just to keep the choir and band going for the last part of the year. More students participate in the fine arts programs, yet they get the least money. Also, more vocational skills are learned in fine arts, since very few athletes go on to be professionals. When you come down to it, this is ridiculous, and needs to be stopped. Where are your tax dollars going? To your child’s learning, supporting sports teams that usually have the least academic impact upon your child’s life? I have no problem with athletics, I love sports. I just thought that a school’s purpose was to teach, instill academic knowledge in children first, and have extracurricular later.
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