In this article, The Price of Getting Involved, it basically states that school fee's have risen in the last couple years. Teachers, and parents are concerned that their kids, or other kids won't be able to participate in sports.The school's are charging these fee's because of lack of money from the county. One man said that his daughter wants to sign up for sports and activities that will cause him to pay over $250, and that he refuses to pay. However not all states allow these fee's for the extracurricular activities. Some schools have even considered totally removing their extracurricular programs entirely because they dont want to discriminate the lower-income students.
I agree that the highschool student should have to pay, to help run the school. However i don't think these prices should be so high, i think there should be a limite on how much money they can make the students pay. I think they shouldnt be allowed to pay these prices, because the lower-income students have a disadvantage if they want to participate in the extracurricular programs. Especially with this economy these prices shouldn't be so high, because then the parents will struggle paying these prices for their kids to play, or participate.
Iv'e heard that here, at Pine Ridge, the school is partially run off of the extracurricular activities. They can fundraise more, or stand up and tell he county about these problems. If these clubs fundraise for all of their clubs and sports, do you know how much money they could raise? This would definitely be a better option.
I believe some people need to stand up. I also think that these prices should be limited because of how outrageous they are for low-income students who want to play and participate in the extra curricular activities here at Pine Ridge High School.
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