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School division proposes higher ticket prices, family passes and postseason coach pay to offset rising student-activity costs
Summary
The student activities office proposed a phased plan to increase ticket and pass prices, expand ticketed events and pay coaches for postseason play; administration estimated roughly $369,000 in ticket/pass revenue and $300,000 to cover increased coach stipends and will return to the board for a vote.
School division staff presented on March 20 a three-part proposal to address rising costs for athletics and student activities: raise coaches' stipends (including postseason pay), increase ticket and pass prices (with new family pass options), and expand ticket sales to events not previously charged.
Leanne Turnbull, director of the Office of Student Leadership, said raising supplemental pay for Virginia High School League and Virginia Beach Middle School League coaches by 10% and adding postseason stipends would cost about $300,000. To help…
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