Oh gosh! Do not let her get it done during swim season. I was unlucky enough to do it during Badminton season, and it was brutal. Sports and new piercings are not friends. :3
Oh, yah. That makes sense then. When we did have a budget it was very little. Our extra-curricular funding is right awful right now, they cut our highschool band program, but that caused an uproar. They just restored it for this semester. I say, they should do all they can to let us keep programs!
Nah, not too badly. I got my belly button pierced. And that was by far worse. haha, but in all honesty, no too horrid. (:
We couldn't afford it - not enough funding to keep it running. And good for you! A few students, myself included, staged a huge protest and petitioned to keep it running on a donation / volunteer basis, but we got denied. And quickly. ):