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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm fine with the school system dumping sports as long as they dump music, chorus and drama as well.[/quote]
Those are classes- akin to PE.  Sports are after school exclusively.  [/quote]

Students still have to take classes, so it wouldn't save money as teachers still need to be paid. [/quote]

I hear what you're saying but there still are a lot of resources that go in to those programs.  My point is that some members of society have given a lot of value to things like music, chorus and drama, but not as much to sports.

Yet there are significant benefits to children who participate in sports.  If you doubt this, then you should speak with teachers at Title I schools, whose students usually are not participating in after-school rec league sporting activities because their parents cannot afford it or cannot get them to practices/games/etc.  Those teachers will tell you that there are a lot of ancillary benefits to sporting activities that children begin to apply in high school because of their participation on teams.

So I advocate that not only should we keep the high school programs we have but we should[i] increase[/i] the programs to more after-school leagues for elementary and middle school children.  Research shows that children who participate in sports do better in school.  Increasing our spending in this area, by expansion to lower grades, could/would actually save the school system money.[/quote]

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