Too Many Fees...

For the first time ever, this year SHS students have to pay six dollars for their assignment notebook. There have been rumors going around the school about a low budget. Which is causing families to pay for more and the school cut things that we don't need. Sam Russ, Principal at Sparta High, says, "We need to pay for the assignment notebooks because of the low budget this year."

Many of the students do not like the change. They think the assignment notebooks should be provided free of charge. Dylan Amudson, senior, said "I don't think we should have to pay for the same old, boring thing we have for years. Its not worth my six dollars."

Several of the parents also have the same feeling on the issue. They don't understand why they have to pay six dollars this year when it has been free for years. "Having to pay for an assignment notebook for the first time ever is ridiculous" said Theresa Becker, mother of a current student. In response to that Russ says, "We are doing what the middle school is doing now; charging for the assignment notebooks."

Some students only come for a few class period of the day and don't want an assignment notebook. Kristen Piotrowski, part time student, says, "I don't need an assignment notebook because I go to college in the morning and I'm at high school in the afternoon." Russ says that we need an assignment notebook because we need the student handbook that is inside it.