posted on Aug, 4 2008 @ 08:27 PM
You may want to consider contacting your local school district and asking for copies of the school's budget for extracurricular activities. You're
paying property taxes in the district, you have the right to know how your tax dollars are being spent. I'd put in a call to the district office and
ask if they could provide you with a copy of the budget for the football program, including recent (i.e. the whirl pool in question) purchases.
However, if you do go this route, bear in mind that you'll be talking to (in all probability) a secretary who may have to locate the coach,
make the necessary copies, and get back to you, in addition to whatever she/he is doing on a day-to-day basis. You probably won't be able to just
call up and get a dollar figure, but if you're polite and patient you should be able to get an answer to your question.
If that doesn't work, consider writing a letter to the school board.
You may want to find out where this whirl pool is located in the school (if you don't already know) and whether or not use of the pool really is
restricted to the football team. My high school had one which was open to use by anyone participating in any athletic program, provided that it was
related to an injury or an approved physical therapy regimen - although some of the coaches were a bit more liberal in terms of what they deemed
"therapeutic" than others...
Also, bear in mind that White Chapel might well be correct in suggesting that the booster club paid for the tub. Getting your hands on the
budget for the football program would be a good way to find that out.