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Post by hchoops on Aug 13, 2020 8:12:49 GMT -5
Riverhead
Budget cutting.
This could be only the first
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Post by timholycross on Aug 13, 2020 9:02:44 GMT -5
...where there are few cases. Nice going.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 13, 2020 9:37:19 GMT -5
...where there are few cases. Nice going. As I wrote, it was cost related, not COVID directly. The School Budget was voted down twice. |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Aug 13, 2020 18:09:10 GMT -5
COVID aside, I hope we don't start to see more of this. I've heard talk of some school districts going to pay-to-play but haven't heard of anyone considering dropping athletics entirely.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 13, 2020 20:00:14 GMT -5
COVID aside, I hope we don't start to see more of this. I've heard talk of some school districts going to pay-to-play but haven't heard of anyone considering dropping athletics entirely. Many school districts around Worcester do charge an Athletic Fee to participants. |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Aug 14, 2020 4:38:31 GMT -5
One would think that relative to all the other major costs associated with suburban public school districts, that the amount of spending that goes towards interscholastic sports would be trivial. If I were a local taxpayer in some of these towns, I have to say I'd be scratching my head a little bit.
I'm guessing that the insurance policies have to be the biggest cost associated with high school sports, especially when it comes to football.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 14, 2020 7:20:44 GMT -5
Music was cut also
Other districts are cutting it as well. COVID related.
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Post by Tom on Aug 14, 2020 8:03:27 GMT -5
In NH, the state doesn't have much money and schools are basically 100 percent funded by property taxes. COVID hasn't done much to that revenue. Potentially out of work people might be delinquent in paying their taxes, but in general the income part of the school budget is known
Conversely, in MA, municipal real estate taxes are lower, but the state has lots of money and distributes some of that money to the towns. In the wake of COVID, state income tax and sales tax revenues are down while unemployment costs are up. Past practice suggests that local aid will be among the hardest hit line item when the state adjusts for unanticipated deficits. The last I knew the state had missed its own deadline for finalizing the local aid numbers and still hasn't given out firm numbers. My guess is that doesn't bode well for towns and their school budgets
Revenue down. Some added costs with all this remote stuff. Something has to give. It might not be sports or music, but with revenue likely taking a hit, budgets will have to be cut somewhere. Long Island will not be alone
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Post by hchoops on Aug 14, 2020 8:32:15 GMT -5
Riverhead’s choice boiled down to cut programs such as sports and music or cut faculty-staff.
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Post by cmo on Aug 14, 2020 12:11:25 GMT -5
Hopefully a local company steps up to fund the sports program
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Post by hchoops on Aug 14, 2020 12:22:47 GMT -5
Very doubtful
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Post by hcgrad94 on Aug 14, 2020 14:36:41 GMT -5
COVID aside, I hope we don't start to see more of this. I've heard talk of some school districts going to pay-to-play but haven't heard of anyone considering dropping athletics entirely. Many school districts around Worcester do charge an Athletic Fee to participants. That has been going on in most every district for decades. |
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Post by rgs318 on Aug 14, 2020 15:38:14 GMT -5
In NJ, the school must supply all equipment needed to compete on a team. Fees cannot be charged. Yes, it is often not enforced, athletic shoes for example - but participation fees would not fly.
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 14, 2020 22:05:10 GMT -5
Maybe we will get back to the three R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic.
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