Texas school district wants $70 million for new football stadium

[geefloyd46]

[warrant46]

1. Can the students read ?

Like a book----- or do they just look at the pictures ?

[hobbit709]

2. Sounds par for the course here.

A few years back Round Rock ISD spent $35 M for a new stadium and then said they didn't have the money to give the staff(custodians, janitors, cafeteria workers) even a 1% raise.

[Crowman1979]

3. Are these people in Texas not content with just a field of grass, bleachers and a scoreboard?

I'm not anti-sports, but I don't think sports should have priority over a young person's education. Why the hell do they need all of this extra crap?

[niyad]

4. what in the ******* HELL does a HIGH SCHOOL need with a $70 MILLION stadium?

are the teachers and support staff making a sustainable, living wage? are there decent art and music and other enrichment programs? are the students learning well, making the best grades? are there enough textbooks, library books? are the buildings and grounds energy-efficient?

insane, just. . .insane.

[Crowman1979]

5. Exactly! Maybe the residents who want a new football stadium that bad should just pony up...

...the money themselves. Rather than have everyone in the town pay for it through their taxes.

[zebonaut]

6. Its Texas; you don't have to read