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Extracurricular activities at Texas school come with a price

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    Budget cuts force parents to pay

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-- -- -- two kids attending had a schools and -- is what the future of their education will hold.

-- diet Steve recently announced it will be making even more cuts to programs civil start charging for things that -- once paid for by the district.

Like sports they end.

And letter jackets.

Then that there's gonna have to make -- choice July.

Pay for the -- what -- -- pay for football -- Paper and to put a -- what -- my earnings.

I ST spokesperson Emily -- says the district's priority is education.

But -- five point four billion dollars cut from public schools the district has had to make some big changes last school year four point three million dollars was cut from their budget.

That's more than 10% and the district's entire budget.

For the next -- -- for 1213.

We have found out we know that we're getting cut an additional one point two million.

As so last year in November we asked for voters for six cent tax increase which would have brought in one point two million dollars for the 1213 school year and that failed.

So it was back to the drawing board administrators and school board members coming up with a list of more cuts the district will no longer Paper letter jackets that will save an estimated 5500 dollars.

By cutting hall monitors had to -- 20000 dollars and -- cutting two elementary counselors 1101000.

Dollars can be saved.

And this is the key that is stirring up the controversy.

A new 100 dollar -- per student to participate in extracurricular activities.

These cuts all add up to 728356.

Dollars in savings.

But parents worry it's too much.

I think is a shame I think they're possibly to be other ways to help save money Curtis says he'll -- -- his -- to play football.

Parents who can't afford the fees and I think about all his teammates and the kids he's going to school with over the last seven years.

Hard -- and their -- is going to be able to participate as well.

Good he says parents will be able to -- -- clean with the district adding they don't want to see involvement the -- And we understand that I feel like this is typical and it it you know it it it could potentially.

Keep some students from being involved and that's how are willing to work of their parents of one every weekend.

We do not want to impact educational version has so what is the answer parents say making cuts from the top -- the administration level the group he says that's already been done and salaries have been frozen last year when we eliminated and this.

68 September's.

The bulk of those where and administration.

Kirby says there is no real -- for the budget crisis until the legislature dips into the rainy day fund or residents approve a tax increase it's going to be tight going forward and we're gonna continue to do everything that we can to make sure that we offer -- education had had a residents expect in our schools.

-- but it's -- -- be there's going to be a lot -- belt tightening.

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