The district does not / cannot support this type of funding. A bond was recently approved to cover long overdue improvements to facilities, etc.
It's tough. San Antonio to our North and schools in the Rio Grande Valley have 5 times the staffing for the same size program and facilities support a practice band hall and performing band hall. I remember before one game pulling into the parking lot and the opposing school's band rig pulled up ... f*ckin' 18 wheeler. You'd have thought 'Priest was making a half-time appearance - lol
Anyway, thanks for your input.
HB, I think the maintenance issue is one of the points I will use when I apply for these grants. In their current condition, I'm surprised no one has contracted some fatal desease from the corrosive buildup inside the tubes ...