Comments on: Pay-to-play proposal is approved

By: MargeryRosales

MargeryRosales — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:10:12 +0000

I opine that to receive the loans from creditors you must present a firm reason. However, once I have got a small business loan, because I was willing to buy a car.

By: work from home job

work from home job — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:52:39 +0000

thanks admin,great post!

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:38:22 +0000

Why not cut administrators making 120,000 a year instead of school programs? Wow.. there’s an idea.

Does a school need 12 principals and vice principals? Come on now.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:21:26 +0000

I’m sure taxpayer money paid for extracurricular activities when you were in school. But it’s ok for taxpayers to continue to finance welfare and provide unemployment for those parents that won’t get of their ass and work. I know there a families that truly need welfare and unemployment but we know there on millions that don’t deserve it. Extracurricular activies are a part of childs education and kids should be denied the chance to participate because their parents may not be able to afford it. A lot of the cost for sports stems from transportaion cost to and from games. I know for a fact that the school transportation department gouges the schools for buses and vans for field trips and sporting functions. A field trip from PVHS to Pahrump Valley auto plaza would have cost the school $400.00 for a 2 mile trip. I’m rambling here but sports, music, dance is all part of a childs education but it always the first to be cut. Our society is in trouble if education is not seen as a priority. Quit cutting teachers who make literaly no money as it is.

By: Steve Griffin

Steve Griffin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:24:19 +0000

In my humbel opinion the School District and the Board of Education have the attitude thta say screw the kids, as long as I get what I want.

By: Steve Griffin

Steve Griffin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:19:29 +0000

if the State
board of Education, and the Local School Districts would utilize the funding which it recieves properly instead of building new unneeded office or redecorating their offices there would not be a requirement the Pay to Play resolution. It wasn’t to long ago that it was reported that for every 20 students in the state there 15 administrators earning 75-100 thousand dollars in salery. That is a reason the school budgets are going broke nad our kids are lacking in a quality education. How much does the mandatory testing cost that is another exspense that is not needed.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:14:14 +0000

If it means that my children still has the ability to excel in sports.. I will gladly pay to play rather than seeing him sit on his butt playing video games.

By: Dwight Lilly

Dwight Lilly — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:23:25 +0000

I agree, great blog.

Now to the topic:

The concept that the taxpayer is responsible for paying for after school is ridiculous. The parents should either solicit a sponsor to fund the team expenses or do so on their own. And if the parents have financial problems and little Johnny or Susie want to play sports, then the family should get off the couch long enough to drum up the needed funds. Go do some yard work for the neighbors or wash a few cars. Use your own initiative and teach the same to your children. Use this as a learning experience and quit being a victim.

By: multiboxing octopus

multiboxing octopus — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:43 +0000

Great article and point of view, but I wish it was a bit more technical in nature.

By: Mitch Reed

Mitch Reed — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:55:25 +0000

Ithink that it is ridiculous for a school to charge children and parents for children to participate in sports. What is next charging to use class books. The fact that the schools have to do these things to make ends meet is not their fault but the fault of a government that will cut all programs but their own salaries.