EDITORIAL: Bus advertising a good way to help support school sports.(Editorial)

July 29--Portland school officials should be praised, not panned, for looking for new ways to pay for sports programs. Unfortunately, too many parents and fans are wedded to the way things have been done in the past. What they don't seem to realize is that standing still is not an option. The question is not whether to change -- but how.

The first proposed change was moving from a constellation of sports booster programs that raise money for individual teams to single booster organizations for each high school. That move was driven mostly by the need to make sure sports spending is done equitably and to ensure accountability for fundraisers. But it also creates …