http://westlakepicayune.com/2009/08/28/eanes-sets-budget-in-face-of-state-under-funding/ Westlake Picayune is a publication of Austin Community Newspapers Mon, 21 May 2012 15:20:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://westlakepicayune.com/2009/08/28/eanes-sets-budget-in-face-of-state-under-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-7584 anonymous Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:54:13 +0000 http://www.westlakepicayune.com/?p=3237#comment-7584 What is even more frustrating is seeing all that money go to athletics a year or two ago and knowing that the WHS football team takes over the redone high school gym in the morning and afternoon while other athletes get booted out. The bond money was not supposed to be just for football. Was that a lie? Next time we should vote NO to bonds and send a message to the "football is everything" mentality at WHS. Our kids deserve better. Oops, I think I was supposed to be quiet about this. What is even more frustrating is seeing all that money go to athletics a year or two ago and knowing that the WHS football team takes over the redone high school gym in the morning and afternoon while other athletes get booted out. The bond money was not supposed to be just for football. Was that a lie? Next time we should vote NO to bonds and send a message to the “football is everything” mentality at WHS. Our kids deserve better. Oops, I think I was supposed to be quiet about this.

]]> http://westlakepicayune.com/2009/08/28/eanes-sets-budget-in-face-of-state-under-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-7552 Hard times. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:52:51 +0000 http://www.westlakepicayune.com/?p=3237#comment-7552 Maybe the district needs to rethink its spending spree on administrative raises, highly-paid coaches, athletics, travel, and gosh, has anyone noticed the many recent "improvements" to the central administration building ... all new furniture, paint, and landscaping. Doesn't look like hard times to me. Maybe the district needs to rethink its spending spree on administrative raises, highly-paid coaches, athletics, travel, and gosh, has anyone noticed the many recent “improvements” to the central administration building … all new furniture, paint, and landscaping. Doesn’t look like hard times to me.

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