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The Squeeze on Public School Sports
The four part series by Mark Dukes examines nationwide, state, and local pressures on school athletics. declines in enrollment and state budgets hit programs in Joliet Woodstock Kittanning and Rockford, with districts cutting or ending junior high and varsity sports to balance finances. The piece highlights community impact and potential strategies to preserve activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Illinois
Woodstock
Joliet
Woodstock Daily Sentinel
The
Gazette
Joliet Herald-News
Kittanning
Armstrong
Rockford
Ill
George Aschenbrenner
Aschenbrenner
Board of
America
National Federation of State High School Associations
Kansas City
Nfshsa
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Dick Fawcett
Brice Durbin
Fawcett
Massachusetts
Omaha