Board updates athletics handbook, votes to add Ridgefield to Alpine ski cooperative
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ISD 191 approved the 2025–26 athletics and activities handbook and separately approved dissolving and re-forming cooperative agreements to add another high school to the boys’ and girls’ Alpine ski team; board members discussed logistics, lane availability at Buck Hill and fee-sharing across districts.
The ISD 191 Board of Education unanimously approved the district’s 2025–26 athletics and activities handbook and separately voted to re-form the boys’ and girls’ Alpine ski cooperative to add Ridgefield High School.
Assistant superintendent Chris Belmont and athletics director Kevin Kleiner presented the athletics handbook, which is updated annually for personnel, fees and club listings. Presenters noted changes to fees across activities, updated coach and advisor listings and removal of outdated clubs. Kleiner and a presenter named Edie Kleiner highlighted new student groups and emphasized the district’s goal of offering extracurricular options that match student interests.
On alpine skiing, Kleiner said the board must dissolve the current cooperative agreements and reapply to create a new cooperative that formally adds Ridgefield High School. He told the board the change is largely procedural but important for program viability: adding a partner school helps meet lane and participation thresholds at Buck Hill (practice and lane allocation at the facility can be strict) and spreads costs among three districts rather than two. Kleiner acknowledged fee structures differ by district and that a student from one district could pay more to participate than a student from another district because each district charges local participation fees and then shares program expenses among participating districts.
Board members thanked staff for pursuing the cooperative addition and asked about fee parity and logistics; Kleiner described how costs and revenue flow through host-school accounting and are apportioned back to partner districts.
Votes: The board approved the athletics and activities handbook and the Alpine co-op change by unanimous voice votes.
Ending: Athletics staff said they will update rosters and fee schedules and move forward to operationalize the new cooperative agreement for the coming winter season.