Klarinet Archive - Posting 000643.txt from 1998/04

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: budget cutbacks
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 05:07:08 -0400

Jill,
WHo pays for the football team's dinner, transportation, etc? If
it's the school, you should threaten a lawsuit for favoritism. All the
clubs should demand that they get just as much money from the budget as
the team gets. That would really get those neanterthals on the school
board's attention. Girls sports teams did it and won. Now in many
places, the girls' teams are as well funded as the boys' teams. I'll bet
there will aoways be plenty of boosters who will put up money to get the
football team its little perks. In a public
school, tax dollars are being spent. They should be spent equitably.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Jill R. Exner wrote:

>
>
> It's sad, isn't it? The same thing is happening here. Every year, we
> band boosters have to struggle to raise more and more money because of
> school board budget cuts. Last year, they decided they couldn't pay for
> the trailer we use to transport our equipment to football games--so we
> have to foot the $300.00 per trip bill. Of course, the football
> team--and equipment is transported ( after the weekly dinner for the
> team, of course). I'm getting scared about it. Now, on top of that,
> we're beginning block scheduling next year, which I am not sure will help
> things.
>
> Jill, Band booster Mom
>