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Oldham County board weighs reducing student fees, covering travel when teams advance
Summary
Board members discussed standardizing basic and technology fees across schools, whether the district should cover regional/state travel and officials, and how rising transportation and officiating costs shift costs onto families and fundraisers.
At a special work session on Sept. 9, 2054, the Oldham County Board of Education discussed whether the district should reduce or standardize student fees and whether it should cover transportation costs when school teams advance beyond district-level competition.
Board members and staff raised concerns about increasing transportation and officiating costs and uneven fee practices across the district’s three traditional high schools. Board members asked staff to assemble three years of collections for the “basic” student fee and the technology fee by school so the board can see how much fee revenue each school actually collects.
School staff described that athletic travel and game-day costs have increased in recent years because of higher transportation costs and fewer available game officials. “Transportation plus that’s not… the team that use…
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