The district’s Extracurricular Committee presented a multi-page recommendation on April 3 proposing stipend adjustments, several new trial activities and eliminations for low-participation roles, and recommended the package be forwarded to the full Board for consent.

The committee said it manages a $35,000 pool used to fund stipends. Notable additions include moving the sign-language club to an ongoing stipend schedule (an administrative change that increases its guaranteed stipend), stipends for girls flag football (two coaches and estimated additional supply costs of about $10,000–$12,000), and several new trial activities across grade levels. The presenter said the committee’s recommended changes would leave roughly $15,400 in the pool, which the committee proposed to use to increase base stipends by about 1.09%.

The committee also proposed eliminating some stipends that had low participation (the presentation named middle-school assistant athletic directors as an example) and noted several clubs are classified as trial activities for the coming year.

Board members asked how clubs qualify to appear on the ECC list and how newly formed clubs obtain funds for events. The presenter described an existing process: students propose clubs, identify a sponsor, and submit a form that is considered by principals and then the ECC. The committee meets roughly four times per year, and clubs that miss the submission deadline may be scheduled for the following year’s trial list. Trustees also raised specific questions about a student group (referred to in discussion as RAD or Raider Nation) and whether events run under that brand would be high-school-only or open to broader school communities; administration responded that event branding and calendar alignment are being refined and that the club will be run by high-school students going forward.

Ending: The committee moved the recommendation forward to the Board for consent; administration said it would review the club-approval timeline and building budgeting processes to ensure clubs have equitable access to funds and publicity.