Many high schools in rural Kansas (Hays, Garden City, in example) have seriously great track and field facilities but are not producing stellar teams or especially outstanding athletes. Does anyone know why these schools were able to build such great facilities? I'm not knocking them saying they don't have equally great teams, just saying doesn't appear to be an outstanding record which allowed their coaches and ADs to advocate for superb facilities.
So what gives?
Hays shares a track with the college...
They are trying to draw another Ryun out of the wheat fields.
School funding in Kansas comes from the state. It is split into 2 pools. Pool A is for salary, books, lights,etc. Pool B is basically for facilities: buildings, sports fields, parking lots, buses. Most schools supplement pool B with local property taxes. Garden City for example is in the largest classification in Kansas(6A). It only has 1 high school, thus it gets all the property tax money. While the facilities are nice, I know a lot of coaches make about as much coaching as they would if they took a second job in the evenings at Home Depot. The last few years the state has been messing with their funding formula so things may have changed recently.
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