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Committee opens discussion on athletics fees, freshman sports as budget pressures mount
Summary
Members and administrators discussed the financial pressures on co‑curricular programs, the role of boosters and how fees or program consolidation might be used to limit cuts; a public commenter had urged eliminating freshman sports to save money.
Members of the Duxbury School Committee and administrators used the April 2 meeting to begin a districtwide conversation about athletics fees, freshman sports and booster support in the face of FY26 budget reductions.
A public commenter in the meeting’s public comment period urged the committee to “seriously consider the elimination of freshmen sports” to protect academic positions; the citizen speaker said athletics serve a smaller portion of students than academic staff and proposed prioritizing teacher retention.
Committee members and the…
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