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Parental pressure challenges FUHSD lack of club funding

Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

During the public comment portion of the Sept. 27 Fallbrook Union High School District board meeting Fallbrook High School parent Sherry Weishaar addressed the school district's decision to eliminate funding for school clubs.

"From my child's perspective the school said: 'Here's a club you can join. Never mind'," Weishaar said.

Weishaar has two sons at Fallbrook High School: one is a senior and one is a freshman. The senior is in the Yearbook Club, and parents are trying to raise funds to purchase digital cameras so the Yearbook Club members don't have to share cameras. Yearbook adviser Heather Smith sent an electronic mail message noting the need for funds.

"She was trying to get some cameras so they could put out a nice quality yearbook," Weishaar said. "She ended up getting enough money to buy the cameras she needed for the class."

Weishaar's other son will have more challenges with his Fallbrook High School club debut. "They had a big club rush," Weishaar said.

Her son joined the electronic gaming club. "He was really getting back to the social part of school," Weishaar said. "He actually came home with a smile on his face for the first time in a year and a half."

The club had been meeting Mondays through Thursdays before Sept. 20, which was a Monday. "The teacher told him he couldn't have the club anymore," Weishaar said.

Weishaar's son was told that the funding for the club was taken away. "My son was told the club doesn't have money," Weishaar said.

The teacher informed the Weishaar family that funding is being sought. "He said that he's working on it and we might be able to start soon," Weishaar said. "The teacher told my son: 'I'm trying to work on it.'"

The June 14 FUHSD board meeting discussed board members receiving pay for attending board meetings, and the July 12 meeting approved pay of $240 for the month if a board member attends all of the meetings that month or has an excused absence. The July 12 meeting also included comments from band parents requesting additional instruments to meet the student demand. Although no action may be taken on public comment for items not on the board agenda, the board can take action at a subsequent meeting. "The board has had a couple of them," Weishaar said.

 

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