Late school changes

I have been in both a large public school, as well as a small private school, and both had their advantages and downfalls. However at Henry Clay the more time I spend here the more I want to change it. One of the first things that always comes up in my mind is the biased budget allocations: whether that be in sports or the decisions made in the classroom. Plasmas are put in the cafeteria and smart boards are put in every room. I would say about 25% of the teachers that own a smart board actually know how to use it to its full potential. Thats about 5,000 dollars per smart board that goes to waste. Why not spend it on something that might be beneficial to students? For example an academy class was not able to have text books for the first half of the year and had to raise money just so we could have them for all of second semester. One smart board could have paid for that. Also IPads are a great idea. Textbooks are a thing of the past and soon everything will be electronic. So it makes sense for Henry Clay to try to use Ipad's, but for an Algebra 1 class? Wouldn't a rigorous AP class make more sense? Where the students are constantly having to look through previous assignments and need all the outside help they can get.

Finally the sports budgeting could use some rethinking. I may be biased sense I play on the soccer team but its no secret that football, baseball, and basketball, all receive more money then the soccer teams. Football especially is hard for me to understand. I think the sports funding should be based on success, not fans. I mean look at Kentucky. The majority of the money is spent for basketball players, their locker rooms and housing are some of the nicest in the nation. This is because they win. You don't see Kentucky giving the football program more money just because twice as many people come to see them lose. The football team has failed to make it past districts since I have been a student at Henry Clay, Meanwhile they have new uniforms every 3 years and a multi thousand foot locker room and weight room that is solely theirs. I don't care that they sell more tickets then soccer games (even though that has evened out in past years) funding should be based on results.The soccer team meanwhile, has won districts and regions 3 of the past 4 years, won the state championship last year, and made it to the final four again this year. Yet all they get is a tiny, 5o year old weight room with machines that don't work, and a doubles as a locker room. The whole team can barely fit in there and we are trying to sit around rusty machines at the same time. The teams that are most successful, should be the ones seeing the benefits.