Perspective from Providence
John Gillooly writes in today's Providence Journal:
"One note to the people of Stoneham - forget the obviousness of high school sports for the teenagers in your town like better health, improved self-esteem and learning to work as a member of a team. If you want to see your property values plummet, then go ahead and become the only town in Massachusetts that doesn't have any sports programs at its public high school."
Read the full piece (scroll down).
2 comments:
The Gillooly quote is THE most important thing on this entire page. How many parents of middle school athletes would stay in/move into a town with no high school sports? Zero.
And forget about how much HS sports are a part of the fabric of every American child's HS experience.
The people running Stoneham are chickenbrains. And the taxpayers can kiss their property values goodbye.
The taxpayers are the chickenbrains for not voting for the Prop 2.5 override. Don't blame the selectmen for being forced to make impossible choices.
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