<p>If you think this is warped priorities because that money should be spent for more and better paid teachers, smaller classes and more librarians and counselors, that’s not the way public school financing works in Texas. Spending for maintainence and operations is capped. Many districts are at that cap. Building new facilities is a different budget “pie” and unrelated to the M&O budget. Allen is building a fancy new fine arts center, a fancy new career and technology ed center, and a fancy new stadium. It’s not just about football. I suspect that some of the parents of the 600+ members of the marching band liked the stadium idea as well!</p>