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Athletics committee urges director-level role and larger budget, proposes raising athletics spending to 1% of district budget
Summary
An advisory group led by Athletics Committee Chair Steve Shady proposed a vision and mission for athletics, asked that the athletics coordinator role be converted to director status, and recommended increasing the athletics allocation from about 0.67% to 1% of the district budget (an approximate $2 million increase to the athletics line).
Steve Shady, school representative and Athletics Committee member, presented the committee’s vision and mission and a set of recommendations on athletics funding and structure. The committee recommended three primary changes: elevate the athletics-coordinator title to director of athletics, adopt the committee’s vision and mission statements as guiding policy, and increase the athletics budget to a minimum of 1% of the total district budget.
Shady told trustees the athletics budget currently runs about 0.67% of the district’s budget and that raising it to 1% would increase the athletics allocation by roughly…
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