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Oct 31, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

School spirit for a fee: Pep fees raise funds, reduce overcrowding during rallies

Full story: IEP High School Mania - El Paso Times

Want to root for the home team? It will cost you at Montwood High School, one of a handful of public schools in the area that charge students to attend pep rallies.

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Citizen

El Paso, TX

Another case of "poor kids" can't go. This practice is humiliating to the kids that cannot go. Split the band, the cheerleaders, and players in half also. Believe me, I was a high school football player; these pep rallies do not mean a thing to us. What counts is what you have prepared to do on the field; no amount of screaming and yelling, or music is going to make you play better.

Sam

El Paso, TX

This is really a non-story. They said they would find a way so a kid without money could be allowed to attend. The times is just looking for something to bash the district. And which Board member did they interview..."mini-me " Gandara who has yet to vote differently from his "papa" Gandara on the SISD board. Remember, he said he was his own man and would vote differently from his daddy. NOT!!!

mike

El Paso, TX

You have got to be kidding me. Charging a fee to attend an assembly? As if the parents don't pay enough in taxes already?

Really Now

El Paso, TX

This is a fact of life. Education is no different. If you don't have money you can't enjoy much more than the basics. Please wake up! This is not about fairness or equality, these are extras that are icing on the cake not essentials. In this country Education is free because we provide it through our taxes. These students have got to get it through thier heads that we are not going to provide them thier recreation as well

love and basketball

El Paso, TX

I do not see anything wrong with charging students for pep rallies. They say the money is used for other student activitiies so I believe them!

Tx Aggie

Lowell, MA

This is not news. Either pay the one dollar or bring the pumpkin pie filling can that nobody wants.

YOG

El Paso, TX

went to Montwood and half the students buy tickets as an excuse to ditch class.

tango

Apo, AP

My kid went to Montwood four years and never did I ever hear about needing a dollar to go to the pep rally. I think that's a good idea to use that money for other events, I know decorations are pretty expensive. Really, why did this story even make the paper?

John

Bastrop, TX

STOOPID!!! Who is Nicole Gomez anyway? Where did they drag her up from? Maybe she's a disgruntled Montwood ex who was never able to go to a pep rally!

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