Page 14 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, AUGUST 19, 2022 School Sports and other extracurricular activities remain best bargain in the entire municipal budget As a new school year nears, the value of these programs which complement academics is clear C all it fiscal efficiency, value-based finances or the good, old-fashioned action cliché: “most bang for the buck.” But a truer statement is not often said than this, borrowed from the National Federation of State High School Associations’ (NFHS) “The Case of High ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ Board of Selectmen Notice is hereby given that the Saugus Board of Selectmen will conduct a public hearing on the request of Focused Gainz, LLC, Sarah McDonald, owner, for a Special Permit (S-2) to operate a fitness studio teaching basic fitness, yoga, and meditation. Focused Gainz, LLC, Sarah McDonald is also requesting a Common Victualer’s license to serve smoothies and meal prep. The proposed business will be located on the second floor, 1268 Broadway, Saugus, 01906. This hearing will be held at the Saugus Town Hall, second floor auditorium, 298 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 on September 6, 2022, at 7:15 PM. Chairman Anthony Cogliano Janice K. Jarosz, Temp Clerk August 19, 26, 2022 ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ Board of Selectmen Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the Saugus Board of Selectmen will conduct a public hearing on the application of: National Grid and Verizon New England to install 1 JO Pole on Homeland Avenue beginning at a point approximately 20’feet west of the centerline of the intersection of Homeland Circle and continuing approximately 130’ feet in a north direction. Per request of customer and National Grid, a new riser pole (Pole #11) to be installed in the right of way on Homeland Avenue. The riser pole will serve the new URD on Homeland Avenue. Developer is Roy Kagwe of Cagway Holdings LLC of 5 Upton Lane, Middleton, MA. Location as shown on Plan # 30485678 dated 6-23-2022 This hearing will be held in the Saugus Town Hall Auditorium, second floor, 298 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 at 7:30 PM. Chairman Anthony Cogliano Janice K. Jarosz, Temp Clerk August 19, 2022 ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ Board of Selectmen Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the Saugus Board of Selectmen will conduct a public hearing on the request of J. Pace & Son, INC, 190 Main Street, first floor, Saugus, MA 01906 for a Wine and Mal beverage package store license with Cara Pace as proposed Manager. This hearing will be held at the Saugus Town Hall, second floor auditorium, 298 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 on September 6, 2022 at 7:45 PM. Chairman Anthony Cogliano Janice K. Jarosz, Temp Clerk August 19, 2022 Former Everett High All-Scholastic Jason Maitre parlayed some outstanding athletic ability he honed as a Crimson Tide football All-Scholastic into a Football Scholarship at Boston College. (Courtesy Photo/Everett Football) School Activities”: High school activity programs – vital programs such as Sports, Music, Speech, Theater and Debate – are one of today’s best bargains. At a cost of only one to three percent (or even less than one percent in many cases) of an overall school’s budget, funding of high school activity programs produces some of the higher value per dollar of all school/municipal expenditures. It is in these sports and other extracurricular programs where young people learn lifelong lessons that complement the academic lessons taught in the classroom. From a cost standpoint, sports and other activity programs are an exceptional bargain when matched against the overall school district’s education budget. Examinations of various school districts’ budget information across the country reveal that activity programs make up very small percentages of school budgets. In the Advocate readership area’s public school districts of Everett, Malden, Revere and Saugus, this is the case, as well, as all four of the districts, for the upcoming 2022-23 school year show between one and two percent of their complete school budgets committed to athletics and other extracurricular activities. That is between approximately $520,000 and $785,000 per school. Check out some of the major cities in the nation. Pre-COVID, in the 2019-20 school year, the city of Chicago’s Public School Board of Education’s budget (the second largest U.S. school district) was $6.56 billion; the activity programs’ portion was $17.5 million, just two-tenths of one percent. In the Los Angeles, Calif., Unifi ed School District (the third largest school district in the national), activity programs received $7.3 million of the overall $7.7 billion budget for 2019-20, only onetenth of one percent! In the Miami–Dade, Fla., School District (the fourth largest school district in the United States), its Board of Education had a 201920 overall budget of $5.45 billion, while setting aside $17.7 million for sports and all other activity programs, just over three-tenths of one percent. In all of these examples, the budget for school activity programs is less than one percent of the overall district’s budget. Considering the benefits, which are outlined below, at such small proportions of overall school district budgets, Racing down the fi eld for Malden High Golden Tornado soccer last season (Courtesy Photo/ Malden HS girls’ soccer) school activity programs are one of the most eff ective investments being made in secondary school education programs today. We will go right to the Mission Statement of the NFHS to reiterate the value and importance of participation in athletic and other extracurricular activities by student-athletes, because we know that they are all endorsed by the districts in our readership area. The NFHS states: –We Believe– Student participation in education-based high school athletics and activities: • Is a privilege. • Enriches the educational experience. • Encourages academic SCHOOL SPORTS | SEE PAGE 15
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