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Board approves 2025–26 athletic facilities allocations, considers $25,000 recurring increase
Summary
The board approved the recommended distribution of the annual athletic facilities fund for 2025–26 and discussed raising the recurring allocation from $50,000 to $75,000 in the next budget cycle. Trustees emphasized spreading money system‑wide while noting some high‑priority, larger projects at high schools.
The Hawkins County Board of Education approved the administration’s recommended allocations from the district’s recurring athletic facilities fund for the 2025–26 year and discussed pursuing an increase to the recurring allocation in the next budget cycle.
Board members reviewed requests submitted by seven middle and high schools and heard debate about whether the $50,000 annual allocation should be spread across many schools or used for larger projects at individual high schools. A long‑running practice, the annual allocation was created in 2013 and reduced to…
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