Debate goes on over new sports program.
The budget includes money for a controversial middle school sports program, four new teachers, a new reading program and an on-site driver education program. As of April 5, the last time the district's Finance Committee met to discuss the budget, the sports program had not been included in the budget, but proponents of the program caused the board to reconsider, said Rodney L. Borger, assistant superintendent. Borger will assume the superintendent's position July 1. As a result, the district formulated a slate of six options that included the sports program, spreading the start of the reading program over two years, keeping two buses that would otherwise be traded in and updating the computers students use. The board tentatively adopted five of the options.