Safe At Home - But For How Long?

We've published lots of stories in recent years about school districts faced with budget crises so severe that administrators were forced to consider (or at least threaten) the elimination of prep sports. But, eventually, they would find a way to salvage at least some programs - whether through reducing or removing other creative fundraising solutions. Options, it seemed, were always available.

But last week, the Mansfield (Mass.) School Committee ran out of options - or so it appeared. Members voted to eliminate all high school sports, which would have been a Massachusetts first. Facing a $1.8 million budget gap despite dropping 44 staff positions (including some teachers), school committee members told district residents that their action was no scare tactic. "This is not fake," committee chair Jean Miller told The Boston Globe. "If you look at the numbers, we just can't make up that huge of a gap."

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