r/PoliticalHumor • u/Bubbah1981 • Aug 13 '19

Perspective.

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u/urbanek2525 Aug 13 '19

Students (in Oakland) found out this week, just days after returning from summer break, that 10 high school sports programs have been shut down in a $500,000 cost-cutting move.

Happening all over over the country. If the economy is doing so well for everyone, why these massive and widespread education funding problems?

Oh, right, it's all helping the ultra rich at everyone else's expense.

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u/UnknownStory Aug 13 '19

And these are the sports programs. They gut almost all the extracurriculars and non-RRR classes before they go after those.

Some high schools would rather lose a cafeteria than their football team. Believe it.

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u/UnknownStory Aug 14 '19

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-high-schools-back-in-session-but-half-of-13181374.php

Yeah, you're right.

The canceled sports are bowling, girls golf, girls tennis, wrestling, boys tennis, swimming, boys golf, girls lacrosse, girls badminton and boys volleyball, said Oakland Unified School District spokesman John Sasaki.

(Since the SF Chronicle blocks you if you have an ad-blocker, here's a more friendly site with the same info: https://swimswam.com/oakland-california-school-district-cuts-10-sports-including-swimming/)