The inaugural “Dash for Cash” event at Saturday’s Sioux Falls Stampede junior hockey game featured 10 local teachers on a rug at center ice, scooping up $5,000 in donated $1 bills and stuffing them into their shirts and pockets. The promotion encouraged teachers to collect as much money as they could to help fund their classroom projects.
Then came the backlash.
The president of the state’s teachers’ union echoed a similar sentiment.
“While the Dash for the Cash may have been well-intentioned, it only underscores the fact that educators don’t have the resources necessary to meet the needs of their students,” Loren Paul of the South Dakota Education Association told CNN.
“As a state, we shouldn’t be forcing teachers to crawl around on an ice rink to get the money they need to fund their classrooms. We need to do better for our educators, but, more importantly, we must do better for our students.”
The event’s organizers have apologized
The event was organized by the Sioux Falls Stampede, who compete in the amateur United States Hockey League, in partnership with local lender CU Mortgage.
“Each teacher was profiled and introduced prior to the event as we highlighted their school and what the funds would be used for,” the…
Source : cnn
