& you think you have problems at your school ??
Posted: December 27th, 2004, 5:33 pm
Football-crazed Berwick lacks money to recondition equipment
12/27/2004,
The Associated Press :
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Berwick is one of the most football-crazed towns in Pennsylvania, and for good reason. The Bulldogs own (six) state championships, won the top spot in USA Today's national rankings a decade ago and even once merited a visit from ABC's "Nightline."
Which is why fans might be surprised to learn that Berwick is struggling to come up with the money to recondition its players' football equipment.
The school board cut 20 percent from sports programs this year as it coped with a $5 million budget deficit, and in June, angry taxpayers challenged a $26,961 bill for equipment reconditioning.
Nevertheless, Superintendent James Kraky said the reconditioning work must still be done. Otherwise, some of the equipment will get moldy and cost even more to fix or replace.
"And you can't not recondition the helmets" because they are checked for safety, said Kraky, who said he cracked two helmets when he was a high school football player.
But school board member Dann McGann said the football program routinely overspends its budget. McGann said that while the reconditioning should be done, he questioned the need to recondition 170 helmets when only 140 students are involved with the football team.
"THE CHOPS".
:lol:
12/27/2004,
The Associated Press :
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Berwick is one of the most football-crazed towns in Pennsylvania, and for good reason. The Bulldogs own (six) state championships, won the top spot in USA Today's national rankings a decade ago and even once merited a visit from ABC's "Nightline."
Which is why fans might be surprised to learn that Berwick is struggling to come up with the money to recondition its players' football equipment.
The school board cut 20 percent from sports programs this year as it coped with a $5 million budget deficit, and in June, angry taxpayers challenged a $26,961 bill for equipment reconditioning.
Nevertheless, Superintendent James Kraky said the reconditioning work must still be done. Otherwise, some of the equipment will get moldy and cost even more to fix or replace.
"And you can't not recondition the helmets" because they are checked for safety, said Kraky, who said he cracked two helmets when he was a high school football player.
But school board member Dann McGann said the football program routinely overspends its budget. McGann said that while the reconditioning should be done, he questioned the need to recondition 170 helmets when only 140 students are involved with the football team.
"THE CHOPS".
:lol: