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Scarborough Sports Axed From School Budget

Via WMTW (January 13, 2010):

I definitely like the idea of less money being dished out from Augusta to fund local schools. Cities and towns can and should decide for themselves what sports and other “extracurricular” activities they value and wish to pay for. Students who are forced to do their own fundraising for these activities learn a valuable lesson that they would not otherwise get about the cost and benefit of their recreation. And hopefully, tight school budgets will be reworked to put the focus back on core educational areas of math, science and language skills.

Maine state budget cuts are trickling down to local school athletic programs.

The programs’ booster club members brainstormed options Tuesday night in an effort to save the programs, but it appears the fate for some teams doesn’t look good.

Cuts to coach’s stipends and expenses means a number of Scarborough sports teams will not be playing this spring.

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Government schools = failure

WCSH:

The test results are in, and Maine students are scoring higher in math and reading. Students in grades 3 through 8 saw improvement in both subject areas on the latest Maine Educational Assessment.

Sixty-five percent of students met or exceeded state standards in 2008. That’s a five percent increase over 2006 results. In math, 56 percent of students met or exceeded the standards, a four percent increase.

I’m required to fund and supposed to consider sending my children to a government school system that can only boast a 65% success rate for students on its own dismally simple exam of aptitude?

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