What did hockey & golf get?

Monday July 30 is the big school board work study meeting on atheltics and activities:

See the agenda and materials

This all started with Athletic Director McClowry proposing to raise all athletics fees a little bit ($40 max) EXCEPT for hockey.  The hockey kids--girls and boys--got poked with a very sharp stick to the tune of a $350 increase from $200 to $550.

As justification,  Mr. McClowry verbally presented some cherry-picked facts that suggested we were the only district NOT charging that much.  He alluded to the incredible cost of ice time.  We recall him using a figure of $30,000 or more.  The real number seems to be closer to $22K.

10 E 410 940 162223 000 BOYS ICE HOCKEY DUES AND FEES GENERAL 22,200.00

What we want to know is this:
As part of the new high school referendum, virtually every sport BUT hockey and golf got complete new "digs".   They got zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada.  So...if the taxpayers can cover that and field maintenance, why aren't we covering (taking out of the equation)  ice time and greens fees?

Isn't this all about equity, Dr. Culver?
Or do we just like skewing the data to make a point?


Sorry to say folks, but SP-EYE doesn't even have a dog in this fight.  We're not hockey fans.  But we believe in equity and fairness...and it's not fair to raise the hockey fees one iota.

Can't? OR Won't?

At last night's school board "Work/Study" session, a community resident attempted to make a comment.

Board President JohnE Whalen looked typically perplexed and then half stammered something along the lines of "Um...this is a work-study meeting...we can't take public comment".

...and Vice-President Jim McCourt was solidly backing him up on that.

Mr. President...could you please point us to Administrative Code or Statute that bars you from accepting public input at ANY meeting?

Nevermind...don't go to the trouble looking it up, JohnE. You won't find it. Because there is no such law. It's a matter of choices. You can CHOOSE to accept public comment...or NOT.

No Can't about it, John.
We understand...you WON'T accept public comment.

You and the board are pretty well stocked in the WON'T department. As in:

You WON'T deal with grade inflation,
You WON'T address the growing poverty rates in schools.
You WON'T focus your cutting shears on administration.
You WON'T accept public comment at work-study sessions.

You WON'T even admit when you're wrong.