Ohio District Takes Sports Fund Raising to New Level

By Julie Blair

A controversial money-making strategy that professional sports teams have begun using to subsidize new stadiums has made its way into the high school arena.

Officials at Ravenna High School in Ohio this year opted to supplement the usual fund-raisers with the sale of expensive personal-seat licenses, possibly making it the first high school in the nation to do so, say experts who monitor fund-raising trends at schools.

The so-called PSLs give purchasers the right to buy...