Twenty thousand dollars may seem like mere peanuts when considering the overall budget of the Charleston County School District, but for a North Charleston middle school, it's like a gift from heaven.
Too bad some of the millions being spent on CCSD's glamour football stadiums can't be spent on such necessities as middle school uniforms. You see, stadiums are built with capital funds.
That means football players and their families must somehow pay for individual equipment. Now thanks to J.J. Watt Foundation, "Money. . . has been used for uniforms and equipment, and to pay for supplies for soccer, volleyball, football and basketball. Specifically, $9,360.20 was used for football uniforms, shoulder pads, leg pads, helmets, and footballs. Another $1,206.50 went toward soccer uniforms and balls. Volleyball uniforms, balls, knee pads, and line flags will account for $1,862 of the donation. And boys’ and girls’ basketball will get $4,000 for uniforms. The school also used $2,389 to buy football/soccer combo goals."
It's a wonderful gift but also a sad commentary on how Charleston County schools are financed.
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Yep, just go look at this DonorsChoose request for the Burke girls' volleyball team.
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/setting-the-burke-girls-volleyball-team/3315694/
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