Growing up in Westchester (White Plains to be exact), local sports fans learned quickly that when it came to Boys High School Basketball, there was Mount Vernon and there was everyone else. This week, Mount Vernon Basketball again stood alone in Westchester, though it was not to celebrate a Section Championship or announce college scholarships for a graduating senior, but to begin a fundraising drive to save Mount Vernon High School Sports.
The citizens of Mount Vernon, generally poor and unsatisfied with poor performing public middle and high schools, voted against the proposed budget for the upcoming school year. Since schools have only legal obligations to teach subjects like Math, English and Science, areas like the arts and extracurricular sports were the areas that could be cut most drastically. Thus, Mount Vernon Athletics, including its vaunted basketball program, are without funding for the 2008-09 school year and need to privately raise $950,000 to make school sports a reality. Here is a news story about the issue. (more…)
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