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Light the fields
Every fall and spring, Rappahannock County
High School loses out. Why? Opportunities to
host evening events like football, baseball, softball, soccer, track and band events are not possible. That means lost potential revenue at the gate. Panther athletes and all those affiliated with them — from their parents, friends, coaches, school and county officials and the community lose out on not being able to eiyoy what should be their right - a chance to play at home and at night. It would be interesting to know how much money the school spends on busing these student athletes to other schools that have lighted fields. Rappahannock County High School is losing out on revenue that could be theirs if they had lights to host evening events.
That being said, finding funding to put lights on the field is a significant undertaking for a county that is losing school enrollment. With reduced budgets, most schools rely on their booster clubs to help come up with answers.
Rappahannock County isn’t alone. There are other counties with small class sizes, limited budgets and athletes that deserve an opportunity to play on their home fields when the sun goes down. With class sixes of 60-70 students in grades 9-12, a high school in rural Iowa faced a similar challenge. Like Rappahannock, budgets were tight, and the challenge of fiind raising fell to the Booster Club. They soon learned that acquiring funding was the most difficult aspect of the project in their small, rural community, but they found a wav.
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