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Donors, parents press Middletown City Board for transparency in athletics fundraising and eligibility decisions
Summary
At a February 2025 Middletown City Board of Education work session, two community members urged the board to investigate an athletics fundraiser’s accounting and raised concerns about athletic eligibility for a transfer student; the board said it would follow up.
At the Middletown City Board of Education work session in February 2025, two residents urged the board to investigate fundraising accounting for high school athletics and asked the district to clarify how eligibility rules affect students who transfer into Middletown City Schools.
The complaints began with Chad Higgins, who said he donated to a summer 2024 online campaign called “Vertical Raise” intended to benefit the Middletown High School boys basketball program. Higgins said he attempted to donate anonymously but that donor information was not kept private and that he later learned donations…
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