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Parent urges district to fund debate and academic clubs’ tournament meals like athletics; board and staff explain current policy
Summary
A parent said her son and other debate-team students paid substantial out-of-pocket costs for meals at state tournament and urged parity with athletic travel funding; staff explained athletics currently receives $5 per student for meals and non-athletic clubs generally fundraise for travel expenses.
A Junction City parent, Bridget Seaman, used the public comment period to urge the district to provide meal funding for debate and other academic clubs at tournaments, arguing that students on her son’s debate and forensics team incurred substantial out‑of‑pocket meal costs at the state tournament.
Seaman said her son helped cover friends’ food orders and spent about $125 out of pocket at state competition because meal coverage was not provided beyond three included meals, and students…
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