Advertising Helps Students in Seattle

The city of Seattle and its School Board has taken into consideration the possibility of selling advertisements within schools and on the fields in which a number of sports events are held. The students actually came up with the idea because the School Board was interested in a way that it could generate more revenue, especially with budget cuts that are being made. The students felt it was important to generate such revenue because that is money that is put towards their extracurricular activities, the activities that they want and need and do not one to have to get rid of because of any cuts that are being made.

For quite some time now, students have had to basically pay as a way of participating in different activities. Not only do they have to pay but those prices have seemed to double because of the lack of funding and support for these activities, which varies from different sports to a drama club and even a music group. The fees that students have to pay are designed to help pay for some of the costs of transportation when traveling with the group and it also goes towards the equipment, which is a necessity for a number of different clubs. Students used to have pay $50 but because there was not enough revenue coming in, students now have to pay $100, which many are finding simply ridiculous and unfair, especially for the students who participate in multiple activities because then they have to pay $100 per each activity.

Those who are on the Seattle School Board have made a promise that they would give the students back their money as soon as the policies would be put back but even with a promise being made, students have not received any money back. The students feel that with the advertising proposal, the School Board will be able to pay them back for the money they had to pay for all of their activities. Students understand that there are some people who are sadly misinformed, not realizing how beneficial advertisements for the school can be. Some people argue that displaying such advertisements would turn the school into a commercial-like setting and would basically ruin the education for the students but according to those who attend school in Seattle, this is entirely untrue. In fact, the students want advertisements, so long as they are limited and do no display anything that would be considered negative. And, the students ask that advertisements be displayed but, of course, restricted to only certain areas within the school.

Many of the students who attend school in Seattle know that other schools in different areas have allowed advertising in their schools and have greatly benefited from it and they want to be able to benefit from it too.