artwork on display in the Williamston High School cafeteria
By Justine McGuire
Williamston Post staff writer
WILLIAMSTON – Loss of funds has not stopped Williamston High School from providing sports programs for its students.
The high school has avoided cutting sports teams and coaching positions but has had to trade two part-time athletic directors for one part-time athletic director and assistant principal, Mike Freeman, who took on the extra role without additional pay. The school has also had to cut back on uniforms, supplies and materials.
Finance Director Steve Cook said the district has lost $270 per student, or about $500,000. The district’s total budget is just shy of $16 million.
Williamston High School Principal Jeffery Thoenes said that sports have had minimal cuts because, overtime, general funding for sports has been replaced with sports boosters.
The district has avoided cutting any sports programs because of the possibility that students might use school of choice to play their sport elsewhere.
