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Athletics update: district explores adaptive sports; GoFan ticketing partnership explained
Summary
Athletic staff presented an update on adaptive sports options, community response to inclusion initiatives, and a district partnership with GoFan for online ticketing and potential ad revenue; no formal board action required.
Director David Langerud presented an athletics update that covered adaptive sports, participation trends and the district—s use of the GoFan ticketing platform.
Langerud said adaptive sports are a new initiative for the district and that special-education staff have been positive in early conversations. "We've never even had this brought to us before," one board member said; Director Sheila (special-education oversight) told the board she was "very positive" about the program. Board members asked how common adaptive sports teams are across the state; Langerud said he did not have an exact count.
On operations, Langerud explained GoFan will be available for events including athletics, musicals and other ticketed activities and said the platform costs the district nothing at present. He added the district anticipates some cooperative revenue-sharing with advertisers in the future: "We can actually do some ... cooperative revenue share," he said, and staff said they would return with details after working with the finance manager.
Board members also noted community enthusiasm around inclusive extracurriculars and the recently completed all-inclusive playground. The board discussed feeder-program engagement and noted the district—s Clay Target team, which returned from state competition.
Ending
The presentation was informational; board members praised staff for exploring adaptive opportunities and for community outreach in feeder programs.
