Children's activities are worth the cost

July 30, 2010 12:36 am

I do not see the problem the residents of Spotsylvania County have with the pay-to-play policy adopted by the School Board for the future of middle and high school sports programs.

The parents of marching band students have always paid to play (that is, they pay for musical instruments).

As a proud band parent, I must say we have no funding whatsoever from the county, besides a place to practice. So let's talk about a pay-to-play policy as it pertains to you.

I can appreciate $100 per sport per family. How about $1,200 just to start up in marching band? Add the cost of competitions, shoes, plumes, gloves, etc. It adds up. And at Chancellor High School, our uniforms are worn and torn, yet no one is complaining. Our uniforms are 27 years old.

I ask the residents of Spotsylvania County this question: Do you not deem our students well worth your money?

Support "pay to play." You know where your kids are and whom they're with; they're working hard and building positive peer groups. To me, that only betters our community as a whole.

Winnie Vyverberg

Spotsylvania