VIENNA TWP., Ohio - Families gathered at the Mathews Local School board meeting Wednesday night to make their voices heard after proposals were made last week to cut several school sports, including soccer, indoor track and e-sports. At the time, the cuts were brought up due to low enrollment numbers and in preparation for a loss of funding from property tax reforms.

The school board chose, however, to not cut any sports programs.

Instead, the board decided to freeze the salaries of several coaches, which is set to save the district roughly $9,000. 

Superintendent Russell McQuaide decided tonight that the programs can stay, but warned that diminishing funding will force them to make tough decisions in the future.

"If things don't change here very soon, we're going to see vast changes in all of our districts, things are going to turn upside down everywhere and I'm very concerned about it, not just Mathews but all of our surrounding communities and all of the soccer and all of the e-sports. All of those things," McQuaide said.

The school is already operating on a limited budget, after losing nearly $400,000 from the state last year.