Fix Our Fields
Public schools are in dire need of improvement. If there was one thing I could change from my school, it would have to be the athletic fields. I would make major improvements to the fields. Improving the school’s athletic fields would be very beneficial. It’s important to improve the state of our outdoor fields because it would increase the amount of sports teams that want to rent it, attract new students, and attract money from the government. One of the main reasons I believe we should fix our fields is that it would attract more sports teams. Sports teams need a practice field and it usually ends up being a public school’s athletic field. If the school was to improve our fields, it would in turn attract more teams. Attracting more teams would mean that there would be more competition to play on our fields. Having lots of competition to play on the school’s fields would eventually lead to them paying extra money to be able to practice on them. Renovating the sports fields will then make the school much more money. Although it might cost a lot of money to improve the fields, in the long run
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Having nice fields would attract students that are moving into the area to attend our school. For example, a student once told me that one of the reasons that he attended his school was because they had nice fields and he wanted to be able to play on them during gym class. The overall appearance of the school would seem much nicer. Having quality fields would attract more student athletes, and in turn, lead to an improvement in our sports teams. No student athlete wants to practice on a low quality field, because it would be a waste of their talent. The sports teams would show much better improvement as well. Fields should be renovated because it would attract all kinds of students and make our sports teams
I believe that the school can be improved by making a skate park. I say this because a lots of people will pay to get in a skate park. And it will keep a lot of kids of the streets. As long as you don’t make them pay too much then you will make a killing. And with a skate park and good skaters, you can make a skate team. If the team wins a competition, the team may win lots of money. So you won’t be losing any money. When you do auditions for the team, people will cram into the school. The people you need are people that aren’t scared of trying something new. If you make a skate park, less kids will be in trouble in school. There are lots of good skaters that can be on your team, and I know a lot of them.
After reading the two articles, "What's the Name of High School Football" and "Are High School Sports Good for Kids" and also watching the video "Kids and Sports" If the mayor or even the school board had a meeting about not keeping funding school sports, then that is not okay. My reasons are, Kids won't have fun, no academics for the college records if they want to get in an athletic college for sports, and kids won't interact that much to other kids. Do you want the school to be boring and no fun for kids?
Disparity in the quality of facilities for boys’ and girls’ teams. The OCR found that the softball field is below the quality of the baseball field.
ACTIONS: Except track team sports are not using the stadium field. One conversation with Coach Perry centered around making it happen and 'its about time' in his words.
For example, “The average costs of installation and maintenance for natural grass fields were $325,000 and $27,000 while the average costs of installation, maintenance, and resurfacing for synthetic infill fields were $1,212,000, $7,000, and $377,000. With the average cost of a single year of maintenance for five natural grass fields was $35,000 while the average cost of a single year of maintenance for the 10 synthetic infill fields was $7,000 (Daviscourt 1).” In other words, even though turf fields are costly at the beginning, for 10 synthetic fields it is 5 times less the cost than 5 grass fields.This is important because if Rocket booster stadium upgrades the school would be saving $28,000 in savings on field maintenance annually. L.B. Daviscourt goes on to say that “The average cost of a 20-year maintenance cycle for the five natural grass fields was $903,000. The average cost of a 20-year maintenance cycle for the 10 synthetic infill fields was $1,952,000. The average on synthetic infill fields was two times as much the average for natural grass fields (Daviscourt 3).” This shows that the original cost to the amount of players is less for turf fields since there is many more activities on turf fields. Therefore Rocket Booster Stadium should upgrade to turf because field management is 5x cheaper, fields are weather resistant, and have safer
There are many intangible benefits to constructing a new stadium or arena for a city. First and foremost, it creates a sense of identity within the
Sports teams are a symbol of a cities pride. Take for example the Chicago Cubs. They create a sense of loyalty toward that city. However, none of that would happen without a stadium. Stadiums and teams can play a very important role in a cities economy, or they could also be irrelevant. To decide whether or not they are useful or not you must first understand each side of the argument. So first, let’s examine the pros of having a stadium within your city. Then, we will discuss the harms of having one. And finally, decide which side is more beneficial for the economy.
The article " Working in the Fields" describe kids working in the fields to help support their families. First, it explains a kid named James who spent the summer on a farm in Ohio. He works nine hours a day, 54-14 hours over the legal limit for kids. Then the article talks about a kid named Rodrigo who came here illegally. He has to travel over 2,200 miles. It also talks about Jessica, she is 14-years old and she works on a farm with her father and brothers. Finally, the article talks about an organization that helps kids who work in the fields learn and stay healthy.
Abstract: The Stadium construction boom continues, and taxpayers are being forced to pay for new high tech stadiums they don’t want. These new stadiums create only part-time jobs. Stadiums bring money in exclusively for professional leagues and not the communities. The teams are turning public money into private profit. Professional leagues are becoming extremely wealthy at the taxpayers expense. The publicly-funded stadium obsession must be put to a stop before athletes and coaches become even greedier. New stadiums being built hurt public schools, and send a message to children that leisure activities are more important than basic education. Public money
It is Friday…game day. The entire school is buzzing with excitement. We all know that feeling (Pathos). Unfortunately, many schools are beginning to consider cutting funding for sports programs. As a student that has played sports my whole life, I know how detrimental this could be, not only to students, but also to education (Ethos). Sports get students involved and bring the community together. Playing sports teaches you many things that you may not learn otherwise. Public schools should fund sports programs.
I think that Berlin should have/get/make more fields. By this I mean soccer fields, lacrosse fields, and multi- purpose fields. Now I’m not trying to say that the fields are bad, but they certainly aren’t the greatest. In this essay I’m going to tell you my opinion and others opinions on berlin fields. I hope that after you’ve read this essay I convinced you or at least have you thinking about getting more Berlin fields. This would help Berlin become a more well rounded town. This would also help with
This philosophy reflects the attitude at my current high school. Enterprise High School is the largest school in the area. Although the School system has been in existence for many decades, the current high school was rebuilt in 2010 following a tornado that destroyed the previous high school and taking the lives of eight students. All the on-campus facilities are relatively new and impressive for the Southeast Alabama high school. With the school being so new, there is plenty of pride in the athletic facilities. The facilities are available to rent if there is not a conflict with other in-season sports or a school function. We are here for the city and community however, the students and student athletes of Enterprise High School
When schools cut sports from their schedule, districts would agree that they have saved money after eliminating them. Amanda Ripley states in the article, “Should Your School Get Rid of School Sports?” that new bleachers can cost half a million dollars and maintaining a grass field can cost more than $20,000 a year (11). The article also talks about schools having to pay for transportation, meals, and hotels for long trips to games and tournaments (Ripley 11). If you add all the numbers, physical activities can cost up to $570,000 a year, including extra money spent for hospitality for long distance games, that’s a tremendous amount of money! This shows that schools are paying an immense amount for athletic programs.
Unfortunately, these arguments contain bad economic reasoning that leads to overstatement of the benefits of stadiums. Economic growth takes place when a community's resources--people, capital investments, and natural resources like land--become more productive. Increased productivity can arise in two ways: from economically beneficial specialization by the community for the purpose of trading with other regions or from local value added that is higher than other uses of local workers, land, and investments. Building a stadium is good for the local economy only if a stadium is the most productive way to make capital investments and use its workers.
The district saw the location of the field to be perfect for the construction of a new school because it was boarded on nearly all sides by residential neighborhoods with school age children and it was in a area of the town that was not prone to violence or crime. the school district's point of view came from a social perspective as their decision was based on what would be best for the education of their society.