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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/budget-cuts-could-imperil-arlington-middle-school-sports/article_db250602-8714-11eb-b396-0fa81fd8b40e.html

Most other public schools don’t have school funded sports. APS can easily go without. Kids can just do rec or travel sports on their own time.

It wasn’t very equitable anyway, since there was very limited slots in most sports, the only people who made the teams were people who already paid for private lessons (like tennis) or played on travel sports (soccer basketball). I think they had frisbee as the only walk on sport.  The school system is too crowded to have distractions like MS Sports that only go to a select few. [/quote]

You don’t know what you’re talking about.[/quote]

No, they do. My son’s best friend tried out for tennis, and he had had lessons and was a decent player, and was not given a spot. Middle school sports should not be this exclusive - where I grew up school sports, even at the middle school level, had the equivalent of a JV where anyone who showed up could participate, especially in their first year. It was complete BS. Let the semi-pros keep spending thousands of dollars a year for their private “teams” and let public school sports be for those who can’t spend the big bucks. And the extracurriculars in middle school are also very odd. I wanted my son to participate in something, and he said “these all stink” and when he showed me the options I had to agree.  So I’m okay with them cutting funding. - what they have benefits only a small few now.[/quote]

It’s not just about the rich kids, ffs. Lots of FARMS kids depend on after school activities to fill hours that they would otherwise be unsupervised.[/quote]

Except that they can’t get in. There were two act 2 items in my kid’s school. The clubs all seemed to be Legos and girl power. The theatrical performance had a cut list. Publicly funded programs should find a way to put everyone in the chorus or on tech crew. They should send everyone to the Guggenheim building that serves 225 middle schoolers which is where all the APS money went to use their facilities. Where were all your crocodile tears for “the FARMS kids” when that monstrosity was being built? [/quote]

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