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Athletics director details rising costs, unpaid user fees and unsafe track; committee seeks benchmarks for coach stipends
Summary
Athletic Director Joe Doulet reviewed variable sports costs, unpaid user fees, high‑cost programs (ice hockey, football, swim), and facility problems including a degraded competition track. Committee members asked for benchmarking of coach stipends and pledged to follow up on track repair plans.
Athletic Director Joe Doulet presented a line‑by‑line review of athletic operating costs, variable season expenses and revenue, and facility needs, telling the School Committee rising officials’ fees, bus charges and equipment replacement are driving up program costs.
Doulet walked members through per‑sport cost estimates and income from user fees. He highlighted that a small number of unpaid user fees can add several thousand dollars to the district’s net cost; fall and winter outstanding fees numbered in the low dozens and the district has sent letters and planned follow ups before escalating collection.
Officials’ fees and bus runs were the single largest recurring variable…
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