Once again, all high-school sports are lumped together as if the problem, rather than the spending typically found for Football. The story glosses over this fa

Once again, all high-school sports are lumped together as if the problem, rather than the spending typically found for Football. The story glosses over this fact, despite the fact that the school that was the primary focus didn't eliminate all sports. In the end, they cut out spending so much on sports. Another factor is the way testing is done. For far too long I've been hearing about the problems of standardized testing, and the problems it holds. These rankings: how are they determined? Are they any better then standardized testing? Finally, we ignore the fact that math and science are not the end of the road. I've seen more done by sports teams to help the community then by any chess club (and yes, I was on the chess club). Working with under-privileged or special needs children, being involved with the community, and all together, learning to be leaders and contributors in society. What values are we losing by removing sports? Yes, their might be other ways to obtain those values. But we are throwing out the baby with the bathwater here. At the end of the day, what seemed to matter was proper budgeting, increasing standards, and overall, the attitude of the administration.