"At Marple Newtown High School, parents were used to coughing up $100 to booster clubs for things such as team T-shirts and jackets, not to mention buying umpteen hoagies and pizzas at fund-raisers.
But this year, they had to shell out an additional $75 if their children wanted to take part in any school activity, from football to French club, to help the cash-strapped district meet its expenses.
Marple is among a growing number of school districts that are charging families for all the extras that they have come to expect but that shrinking school budgets cannot afford.
While the classroom experience is still free - except for those darn school taxes - schools are asking families to chip in for the cost of clubs, activities, and sports.
At Radnor High, students need more than a good voice to be in the spring musical. Cast members of Beauty and the Beast had to pay $35 for T-shirts and a preshow dinner."
But this year, they had to shell out an additional $75 if their children wanted to take part in any school activity, from football to French club, to help the cash-strapped district meet its expenses.
Marple is among a growing number of school districts that are charging families for all the extras that they have come to expect but that shrinking school budgets cannot afford.
While the classroom experience is still free - except for those darn school taxes - schools are asking families to chip in for the cost of clubs, activities, and sports.
At Radnor High, students need more than a good voice to be in the spring musical. Cast members of Beauty and the Beast had to pay $35 for T-shirts and a preshow dinner."
