Schools all across America dealing with severe budget issues

02-12-2010

By Phil Barber/Santa Rosa Press-Democrat

Here in California, Pleasanton eliminated coaching stipends at Foothill and Amador high schools and asked for donations from athletes to compensate; Elk Grove cut all athletic funding for the coming year in November, and while looking for ways to keep its sports, is likely to eliminate all freshman teams in 2010-11; the Paso Robles school district has a 50-percent cut to the athletic budget on the table; and the East Side Union High School district in San Jose initially voted to eliminate sports in Dec. 2008, then said the programs could remain if they were self-funded. Still, if Santa Rosa is part of a larger movement, it may stand out in the crowd. According to national and state athletic officials, eliminating entire programs remains a rarity. (more...)

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