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District proposes higher participation fees, flat game admission to close budget gap
Summary
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools staff proposed raising participation fees, eliminating the family maximum and moving to a flat $9 game admission to generate an estimated $225,000 in new revenue; the board will vote June 9.
Director Marshall presented the school district's proposal to raise athletics and activities fees and change ticketing as part of the district's effort to reduce a projected budget shortfall. The proposal would raise participation fees for most sports, eliminate the family maximum, raise the student activity pass from $60 to $100, and move to a flat $9 admission for all spectators.
Marshall said the district expects the participation-fee increases to generate about $150,000 and a $2-per-ticket rise (to a $9 flat rate) to add about $75,000, for roughly $225,000 in additional revenue. "By increasing these participation rates to those that we are proposing, we will see approximately $150,000…
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