Jump to content

High School Announces Emergency Job Cuts after Spending Millions on Athletic Facilities


OldSchoolLion

Recommended Posts

Anything wrong with this picture?

The Crosby Texas school district, located in the Houston metro area, just announced mid-year, emergency job cuts as a result of a financial crisis.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Crosby-layoff-dozens-of-teachers-amid-financial-13309907.php

Crosby, TX, is crazy for high school football and their Cougars have won 53 games over the past 5 years

Crosby head football coach Jeff Riordan makes $119,609 per year, approximately $5k per year more than the school principal(according to the Houston newspaper). 

Here is a drone view of the Crosby stadium, built in 2016.  Not bad, huh?  Seats 10,000.

https://abc13.com/sports/skydrone13-crosby-isds-beautiful-cougar-stadium/4422894/

Also in 2016, they built a baseball/softball complex for $10.9million.

http://www.durotechgc.com/educationk12-beseballfieldcomplex/portfolioservice?type=sports

Link to comment
Share on other sites


16 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Anything wrong with this picture?

The Crosby Texas school district, located in the Houston metro area, just announced mid-year, emergency job cuts as a result of a financial crisis.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Crosby-layoff-dozens-of-teachers-amid-financial-13309907.php

Crosby, TX, is crazy for high school football and their Cougars have won 53 games over the past 5 years

Crosby head football coach Jeff Riordan makes $119,609 per year, approximately $5k per year more than the school principal(according to the Houston newspaper). 

Here is a drone view of the Crosby stadium, built in 2016.  Not bad, huh?  Seats 10,000.

https://abc13.com/sports/skydrone13-crosby-isds-beautiful-cougar-stadium/4422894/

Also in 2016, they built a baseball/softball complex for $10.9million.

http://www.durotechgc.com/educationk12-beseballfieldcomplex/portfolioservice?type=sports

Pretty much everything is wrong with this picture.

Sports, like many other extracurricular activities, are important, very important. But they must take a backseat to the true purpose of a school which is to provide an education to the students that will enable them to be productive, thoughtful adults.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I’m dumbfounded at the recklessness of the school district. I’d have required total private funding for the facilities. 

Also, in no way, should a HS football coach make more than the principal. His job is very important (top 5 in the school in many cases) but the principal is number 1 and it’s not really close. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

11 hours ago, Jags904 said:

I’m dumbfounded at the recklessness of the school district. I’d have required total private funding for the facilities. 

Also, in no way, should a HS football coach make more than the principal. His job is very important (top 5 in the school in many cases) but the principal is number 1 and it’s not really close. 

From what I understand, a lot of these big stadiums are funded by taxes the residents of these communities. And the residents do this because they want them. The people in charge of these districts just shrug their shoulders and say "If that's how the people want to spend their money, let them."

I can't imagine anything like this ever happening in Florida. Thank goodness, too, because if I had to lose my job because the District blew all of our cash and realized after the fact that they couldn't afford it I would go crazy. I feel for the people who lost jobs because of this. And, of course, the kids. They'll end up suffering for it too. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Coach said:

From what I understand, a lot of these big stadiums are funded by taxes the residents of these communities. And the residents do this because they want them. The people in charge of these districts just shrug their shoulders and say "If that's how the people want to spend their money, let them."

I can't imagine anything like this ever happening in Florida. Thank goodness, too, because if I had to lose my job because the District blew all of our cash and realized after the fact that they couldn't afford it I would go crazy. I feel for the people who lost jobs because of this. And, of course, the kids. They'll end up suffering for it too. 

The real issue is they pay for these massive stadiums but it needs a full grounds crew to maintain. All for what, 5 games? It’s insanity to me and I’m a huge HS football fan (obviously).

I am not in the classroom, thank the Lord for that, but I’d be about ready to kill someone if I lost my job because of this. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 hours ago, Jags904 said:

The real issue is they pay for these massive stadiums but it needs a full grounds crew to maintain. All for what, 5 games? It’s insanity to me and I’m a huge HS football fan (obviously).

I am not in the classroom, thank the Lord for that, but I’d be about ready to kill someone if I lost my job because of this. 

 

18 hours ago, Coach said:

From what I understand, a lot of these big stadiums are funded by taxes the residents of these communities. And the residents do this because they want them. The people in charge of these districts just shrug their shoulders and say "If that's how the people want to spend their money, let them."

I can't imagine anything like this ever happening in Florida. Thank goodness, too, because if I had to lose my job because the District blew all of our cash and realized after the fact that they couldn't afford it I would go crazy. I feel for the people who lost jobs because of this. And, of course, the kids. They'll end up suffering for it too. 

..not to mention all of the indoor practice facilities that have been built in Texas.

"According to the National Council on School Facilities, Texas school districts owe $13,297 per student on their long-term debt, the third-highest in the nation."

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2016/12/09/texas-high-school-footballs-latest-arms-race-multimillion-dollar-indoor-practice-facilities

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, Cjm04 said:

Most of the huge stadiums are used for many other events.  Remember, Texas school districts are based on city limits.  So what they are essentially building is city stadiums.  Some of the cities build them and use them for multiple schools.

That's a good point.  Crosby High is the only high school in their school district. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...


  • Posts

    • Perhaps the best RB in Tampa Bay iin 2023 saw his program close, and is looking for a home. If he stays in the area,Venice is a good bet. (Lakeland may be as well).
    • And if that same newsletter asked the Osceola County Sheriff Department, what do you think the response would be? If you asked, members of the Chamber of Commerce? (Essentially a union of businesses) If you asked a group of nurses? If you asked a group of lawyers? Also a union cares about the working conditions of their members, but the working conditions of teachers are the learning conditions of students as well. People are attracted to careers because of the values that come with those careers. Political Parties attract people based on their values. So it shouldn't be surprising that certain professions attract certain people in certain careers. You act as if the principal's first question when we have a 5,000+ teachers shortage in this state is "who do you vote for? And are you a member of the union?"
    • I feel like y'all are always solid so I don't see y'all going no worse than 7-3. Biggest question mark for Cocoa is their O-line since they are only returning 1 and on the defensive side they only return their blue chip edge in their front 7 
    • Coach Wiseman, let me just preface this by saying that you were the best HC Sarasota's program has had in the last 20+ years. You brought them from being a perpetual losing program to the doorstep of competing with Venice for a district title and a deep playoff run. SHS will curse the day they fired you now that they are back in a rut. You are a true class act, and nothing will ever convince me otherwise.  Our backfield is certainly sparse right now. We do have Dorian Jones, a rising sophomore runningback whom did considerably well considering his limited playing time last season. Our offense will need an overhaul with the graduation of 3 offensive linemen and almost our entire receiving corps. Our defensive line will be strong with the return of Ke'shawn Vaughn, Elijah Jones, and Asharri Charles. Our linebacking corps graduates virtually everybody but should have at least one bright spot with the return of Ben Zarkawiecz. Our defensive backfield is still a work in progress with the graduation of Lester and Platt. At the moment, we have more question marks than exclamation points. And that's not a good feeling with the kind of competition Venice is going to face. 
    • It's possible that they find their stride by week 5, but at the moment we just don't have the on-paper talent to compete with teams like Miami NW, IMG National, Cocoa, or Bishop Verot. If Venice can find a way to go 7-3 with that schedule I would be happy
  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...