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Show Cheerleading Uniform Cost Being Studied FARMINGTON If you think $400 a year for a cheerleader's cheer-leader's uniform is a bit steep, you're not along. THAT ISSUE came before the board of education, recently, recent-ly, when the cost of school dances was raised when the costs for tuxedos, other clothes, corsages and the other "extras" are added in, said Dr. Ray Briscoe in a telephone interview. in-terview. Stressing the board has nothing no-thing against dances and doesn't feel they should be curtailed in any way, shape or form, he said cost for such functions is something he's had "in the back of my mind for a long time." HE SAID a high school administrator indicated when a student wants to participate as a cheerleader or in a marching mar-ching group, a letter is sent to the parents indicating costs and student or family responsibility responsi-bility to pay for the equipment . The $400 figure was mentioned by that administrator as the cost for a cheerleader over a year's time. School board members asked district administrators to query school officials about costs for their students and determine de-termine ways to minimize them with Dr. Briscoe noting, "1 don't believe they should have to pay $150 to participate in a dance. If every kid had the right to go to a dance we wouldn't care how much they spent. BUT I THINK of a child who wants to go but can't because he can't afford to rent a tuxedo. tux-edo. Our schools are democratic democra-tic institutions for everyone, not just those who can afford it. We need to keep that in mind." He said several non-scientific non-scientific surveys conducted showed concern about the high costs and emphasized he didn't think a student should be forced to stay home rather than attend a dance because of the prohibitive cost, tb |