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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I run the budget of a varsity level huge sports team at a Fairfax county high school.

We only get about half our money from the boosters.  The rest we have to raise from parents.

The most expensive thing by far is buses to events. Bus costs have doubled since the pandemic.

Parents are unbelievably cheap and I can’t stand how annoying it is for asking them for a couple of hundred dollars a season.  I’m not talking about a poor community here we’re talking McLean Langley, great falls.

Parents are like “I pay taxes why doesn’t it go to my kids uniform or the bus fees.” We are getting some of those fees from taxes, it’s just not enough.  Do you want some of the kids not to be able to play? That’s the alternative.  [/quote]

Parents are right and should be ticked off! It costs years of sacrifice and big bucks to live in prime districts and the stunning sums of tax revenue just seems to vanish. Then the school brass strong-arm parents for even more; coercion if our kids want to do any ECs.[/quote]

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