Craig Ellingson

Craig Ellingson
bigger cut goal income piece rather
My goal is to not have to cut anything at any level. I'd rather do it on the income side. I'd really like to have a bigger piece of the (budgetary) pie.
cover except officials pay
Take softball, for instance. They have to fund-raise for softballs. We don't give them any softballs. All the maintenance is done by one of the parents. Even the chalk, we don't pay for that. We don't pay for anything except the salaries, transportation and officials and we don't have enough to cover that.
next pleased understanding works year
So far, it makes a lot of sense how they do it. I was pleased with it; for the first year it went very well. Next year we'll have a better understanding of how it works and it'll go even better.
ads bob crowd leave left matter parents students talked
We had it set that way, but we went away from it. The Salem ADs talked Bob and I out of it because they did it and their crowd got up and left (after the boys' game). Some parents will leave no matter what, but they said the students got up and left.