Sterling ... the name tells you everything. Silver is at $14.10 an ounce.
Haha that would be nice. Without going into too much detail because I don’t want to give out false information, we are very blessed to have a foundation that plays a very important role in fundraising/matching contributions of donors. That is all tied into a long time “anonymous donor”. A lot of initiatives like the 1 to 1 MacBooks the students get are collaborations with the school and the foundation.
In addition to the donations, the foundation gets the advertisers lined up for the new video board and the broadcasts so those pay for themselves (non tax dollars). This is led by the man on the broadcasts. I know some on here have expressed their feelings about our broadcasts but fact is it’s a homer broadcast by people very passionate about the school who also play an intregal part in a lot of what is seen around campus. I know when I’m on the road for work I’m very glad we have them on Friday nights.
In addition, things like the stadium refurbishing and multi use facility put up on the middle school campus (down the block from the high school) are being done through a sales tax that passed a couple years back. The new facility has 4 new basketball courts, an area for the batting cage, and I believe the fine arts wing for the middle school (art, chorus, and band rooms).
For lack of a better way to put it, it’s been a perfect storm over the last 5-10 years for the town. For years, there might be a successful season or two mixed in with a string of average ones. Lately we’ve been lucky to combine some athletic and hard working classes of kids with some dedicated coaching staffs. Mix that in with the amazing facilities and it’s led to some sustained success across multiple programs.
I know there’s a poster on here that will be able to correct me on things I’m wrong on. I’m just a volunteer girls basketball coach that has a lot of pride in what’s going on.
