This is a bit weird. But Chicago Public Schools are using a bit of force to get their athletes to ride the pine when they have a concussion. If they (the athletes) show symptoms of a concussion they are not allowed to return to their sport without permission from an independent medical professional.
Here is the catch. If they don't get that permission and they return to the playing field, the City of Chicago will make the school pay for their water. What? How does that have anything to do with sports? I thought the same exact thing when I first found out about this too. But here is the deal. Chicago Public Schools do not already pay their water bill. Yup, Chicago does not charge the schools for water.
So in a way to make the school take heed of the city's new concussion rule and make sure the schools enforce the rule, the city will put that on the schools financial officers. Your hurt athletes don't play or we will charge you for your water. It seems a bit strange and it is unique. I don't think there is a similar rule in another school around here. But it will probably work. Nobody wants to pay their inflated water bills. Let alone the school system that is already under fire from officials and parents for bad test scores and what not.
So if your kids go to a school located within Chicago city limits be ready for a possible increase in registration fee. The school will not let something like this go and come out of their budget. Just like the city the school is located in, they will find a way to make the parents pay for this somehow. When was the last time the school system paid for anything themselves?
