(1) The excitement of a winning touchdown, the crunch of a hard tackle, the state championship trophy displayed at school. (2) The football team has provided good memories and entertainment for Walker High school. (3) I remember one game where the team rallied to score 3 touchdowns in the last 12 minutes to win. (4) However, the school board needs to be reminded that memories and entertainment are not the most important things a school should provide. (5) The school board has proposed a plan to spend $20 million to build a new state of the art football stadium. (6) The school board should reconsider its plan and use that large amount of money on something more important than sports—academics. (7) Though sports are fun and bring positive recognition to the school, the school board needs to remember that schools were created to educate young people. (8) Our school has a 33 percent dropout rate. (9) Our school also has low scores on the state tests. (10) This year, 65 percent of our eleventh graders were ranked as "Unsatisfactory" based on there state test scores. (11) The school should make academic standards its first priority and use some of the $20 million on intervention programs to help the school's struggling students receive a better education.
(12) I understand why the school board felt the need to place such high importance on the football stadium. (13) Because the football team has won three state championships over the past five years, attendance at the games has gone up more than 200 percent. (14) Our current stadium was built in 1984. (15) It does not have the capacity to hold that many attendees. (16) Tearing down the current stadium to build a new expensive one is not the right solution to the problem. (17) Instead, the school board should make a new proposal that spends a smaller amount of money to make improvements and upgrades to the current stadium.
(18) In conclusion, the school board needs to refocus on what is most important. (19) They should draft a new proposal for smaller upgrades to the existing stadium and use the money saved to help students achieve academic excellence. (20) The students need to get the message that being a good student is more important than being a good athlete.
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Which of these is the best supporting detail to add to the second paragraph?
A.
The new stadium will have press rooms, coaches' offices, and a team lounge with a TV.
B.
School board member Jonathan Winters led the committee that drafted the proposal.
C.
The attendance at the last homecoming game broke the previous record of 10,000 people.
D.
Over the past five years, only 55 percent of graduating seniors have gone to college.