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Re: School Board Problems

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Originally Posted by Jay H 237
Am I missing something here? How is having some students miss school for a few days costing the school board? And does this mean that your team or the parents of the students on your team have to pay? Sounds like the MCHS school board is "punishing" or discouraging the students for wanting to attend competitions.
I'm not familiar with all the details, but you know how if it's not an excused absence, then the school loses federal funds of around $48 a student for each day? Because of their financial problems, they're trying to bill sports teams for the loss in funds, and "asking" parents to pay voluntarily when their kids are missing school.

I don't think it's about punishing or discouraging the students for wanting to go to competitions. It is about feverishly backpeddling for money because of major money mistakes the district's made in the past - it's all been in the papers.
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