Spend Wisely, Cape.

I think that our school district focuses too much on sports. Not everyone in the school is an athlete, so what would we do with a puddle of water and an extra field? The new high school, or the district itself, could use the extra tax money for something else, instead of wasting its money on things the school doesn’t need. There are other clubs or programs run by the district besides sports teams, you know. The extra money doesn’t have to be just for the new high school, but the whole district. It’s easy to divide the money amongst the schools and give it to them for things such as textbooks, technology, or even things for like Art and Drama. 

I’m not an athlete myself, along with the other sixty-something percent of people in a school. So why would people with athletic talent get all the attention—and money. There are many students the district that don’t play sports; or even like sports. Instead they express themselves artistically, visual or performing, skills with technology, or even woodshop. Those students don’t see much attention, do they? 

I know for a fact I myself have a talent for something not relating to sports. I’m an artist, and if I say so myself, I’m a decent artist. But, I’ve seen the art room in this school. Instead of nice Prisma, Treas, or Copic markers, the school supplies us with Crayolas. Cheap Crayolas, that dries out before you’re even done with a decent picture.  

Stage talent is one more thing that’s slightly unappreciated in this district. For one, quiet a few schools in this district don’t even have an auditorium. They stick a stage in the Gymnasium or Cafeteria and call it an auditorium, which is a horrible excuse. I’ve been in hallways that have better acoustics than the “auditorium”. With the horrible acoustics, you can’t hear the band, choir, or even actors on stage voicing what they do best. Our school barely funds the drama club, which can only host two productions a year. I’ve heard that a janitor themselves had donated needed money to the club. Every year, the Drama club goes to New York City, and each student needs to throw out a whopping $100, not including food, to see this Broadway production. With extra funding from the school you can do something, like reduce the enormous amount for field trips. 

Really, even an elementary school in this district has a football field. Do we really need another field? They’re alternatives to a pool—think of the other things you can do with the money. Pools cost a good amount of money to keep and maintain. With the amount of money you could buy plenty of textbooks, art supplies, things for a drama performance, or even just to expand the school’s library. The possibilities are endless—spend wisely, Cape.