This is not a joke. At all. There are a LOT of high schools that actively prioritize football facilities over education. I grew up in one. It's very frustrating, and that's coming from someone who DID play football.
But once again… students and community use football. They do not use high school libraries.
That's literally the problem being presented, the "joke" as you called it. This isn't something to be weirdly proud about. This is something to be extremely concerned about. Prioritizing football over education in a place dedicated to the latter is absurd. Like, Idiocracy-levels absurd.
How has it gone so far over your head?
The former is questionable. The latter is a just a waste.
Do you care about education outcomes? Or do you care about 90s symbols of education, like libraries.
That is worse. It's education, not a startup in need of a pivot.
You characterized it as outside the mission and now you're trying to say it's part of the mission. Come on.
It’s not even just a summer thing — a lot of districts have blanket “no public use” policies year-round. They’ll cite liability, vandalism, or “preservation of facilities” as the reason, but the result is the same: empty fields, fenced-off courts, and taxpayers staring at what they bought but can’t touch.
I agree - having an after school video game time would be a better use of resources than an unused library.