Flashing with the help of COVID-19, the school directs money to sports | Iowa News

The board approved the plan and the new soccer field opened in September. District director Caroline Pate Hefty declined to comment.

In the Roland Story Community School District, Iowa, there was no objection when the school board decided in May to spend $ 100,000 on a pandemic remedy for a high school weight room refurbishment. This allowed the district to double the weightlifting platform to 12 and add new floors with a customized school brand.

Director Matt Patton called this a “significant improvement in health and safety” and said the new floors could be disinfected more easily, with most of the district’s federal assistance being full-time mental health therapists and new special education. He said he was spent on other expenses, such as teachers. And extended summer learning options.

The Board of Education in East Lyme, Connecticut recently approved a plan to devote some of the federal relief to annual operating costs and released $ 175,000 to renovate a poorly drained baseball stadium.

In September, the Kentucky Pulaski County Board of Education allocated $ 1 million in pandemic aid to repaved two outdoor trucks.

Athletics spending is considered a breakdown at all levels of government among advocates.

Federal authorities couldn’t provide clear funding guidelines, but the state’s education sector didn’t crack down on school spending, said Terra Warin, deputy director of the Education Trust. She also asks if the district she spends on athletics really thinks what is best for her students.