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LAUSD athletes may be stranded
- 07-29-2010
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By Melissa Pamer and Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
The financially challenged Los Angeles Unified School District will for the first time ask parents to help pay for buses to take student athletes to high school sporting events this coming academic year. If enough money isn't raised, games could be canceled – a possibility that poses a dramatic threat to sports-crazed secondary schools. Campus athletic directors will request a $24 per-student contribution at the beginning of fall, winter and spring sports seasons. The goal is to cover $650,000 that was cut from the district's athletics transportation budget. (more...)
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