SHOULD SCHOOLS CUT SPENDING ON EXTRACURRICULARS?
SHOULD SCHOOLS CUT SPENDING ON EXTRACURRICULARS?
American school budgets have been diminishing since the recession in 2008. Specifically, there’s been a drastic drop in state funding (which covers almost half of the school’s funds). Public Schools rely heavily on State funding, so when there’s a cutback, schools are forced to find money elsewhere and make cuts to some offered services. Unfortunately, due to the dramatic decrease in State, local funding just isn’t enough to make up the gap (Leachman). These recent cuts from the state have given rise to many questions about what to cut and what to keep. One popular thing schools have been cutting is after-school activities. Now while basic education should be the most important goal of schools, they’re doing their students a disservice by cutting these extracurricular activities.
