Klarinet Archive - Posting 000647.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: budget cutbacks
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 05:07:12 -0400

On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:
> 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's points are good. But, there is a small flaw here. As soon as the
request is one that places the band in the same category as the athletic
teams....eg, extra curricular activities......the danger of being
cancelled, cut, etc. is even greater. I would urge Jill to do everything
possible to encourage the band program to become something within the
curriculum that is unique and, therefore, worth paying for.

Roger Garrett
IWU