The marquee was bought using PTSA money—money donated by your parents, staff, and the general community. The $10,000 could not have been used to buy anything else but ‘bonus’ items for MVHS: new sound equipment, benches, lab equipment, etc. The rules are extremely stringent and specific when it comes to money used for education, especially money from external sources. Bond measures, for instance, are only applicable towards the improvement of facilities, such as football lights and bathrooms. Parcel taxes, on the other hand, can be used for what we’ve needed the most—classes, teachers and other personnel.
So go check out the marquee in the rally court sometime. I heard they spent $10,000 on it.