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.

Need More Input!

Just perusing the "Future Meetings" portion of the school board agenda for Monday July 9.  We noticed with interest that there is a school board "work study" meeting which appears to begin right after the first public hearing on the 2012-13 budget on July 30.

That timing is nice, as people (you know ...all those tons of non-district employees that attend these sessions) can hang out after the public hearing listen in.

What would help however, in an era in which personal calendars quickly get filled, is if we had a tiny bit more information regarding the subject of the work study.  While it seems logical to suspect it could be post-budget discussion, it would be nice to know if that were the case...or what else might be discussed.