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Board approves summer school fee changes and adds DNR hunter-safety offering
Summary
Board approved two fee increases (golf and instrumental camps), one reduction for UWSP camps, and added a DNR hunter safety summer course capped at 12 students; district staff said the $10 DNR fee is paid to the DNR and the district will not charge participants an additional fee.
The Stevens Point Area Public School District Board of Education approved proposed summer school fee adjustments and the addition of a DNR hunter-safety course to the summer program.
Administrators said two fees would increase: a golf fee and a fee for instrumental camps (not individual weekly lessons). Instrumental lessons previously discussed as a weekly 20-minute lesson were removed from the fee schedule during the Educational Services committee review; the remaining instrumental camp fees cover consumable costs such as sheet music. The board was also told the UWSP (University of Wisconsin'Stevens Point) camps cost was reduced because fewer consumables are required.
Carla Lachman of Boston School Forest presented the new hunter-safety proposal. The offering would run Aug. 4'8 in morning sessions, be open to students ages 11 and up (roughly sixth grade and up), be capped at 12 participants and not exceed 19 contact hours. Staff said the course focuses on safety skills and includes a lecture/activity schedule, a potential range day and a test-out day; the course would use a DNR trailer with inert training firearms and other equipment. The DNR charges a $10 registration fee to students; administrators said that fee goes to the DNR and is not a district charge. Teachers running the course would be compensated through typical summer-school stipends.
Why it matters: board members described the hunter-safety addition as a response to family interest and regional practice; several nearby districts already offer similar DNR safety programming. The initial offering is small (12 places) and administrators said they could expand offerings in future summers if demand grows.
Vote: the board approved the fee adjustments and the addition of hunter safety by voice vote. The motion directed staff to implement the schedule and revise related regulations.
Provenance: the fee presentation, discussion of consumables and the hunter-safety presentation appear in the transcript during the summer school item and the board motion that followed.
