[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by Wilton2ParkAve

I read the article AMSS. I want to see my tax dollars go for EDUCATION, and not to pay for some 'under privileged' kid to play sports. Playing sports is a luxury.

Sports helps keep kids off the streets when school is out and in that way indirectly helps with education.

[Wilton2ParkAve]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

Sports helps keep kids off the streets when school is out and in that way indirectly helps with education.

Nice in theory, but I'm not really seeing this in practice throughout the major CT cities. Also, the vast majority of sports are not pay to play or require only a very modest outlay.

[Wilton2ParkAve]

Originally Posted by AMSS

And what do you do in schools where 80-90%of the kids are considered low income?

Perhaps charge admission for attending games to help defray costs? Fundraise? Seek local business sponsors. There are a lot of options but at the end of the day parents should pay for school sports. Asking all of us to foot the bill so a small percentage of the schools population can play sports should be a thing of the past.

[Mike 75]

Originally Posted by AMSS

And what do you do in schools where 80-90%of the kids are considered low income?

Let the town or city decide how they want to allocate their resources. Unless Hartford is going to fund this (which they won't), the money is going to have to come from some other part of the school budget.

[Henry10]

Hartford is running neck-and-neck with my own City on who wins the nanny-state sweepstakes. This one is literal.