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Parents and students press Apache Junction board over coach hirings and steep facility fees
Summary
At the July 22 Apache Junction Unified School District board meeting, multiple parents, students and community members urged the board to reinstate local coaches and reduce new facility rental fees they say threaten nonprofit feeder teams and youth participation.
Scores of parents, students and community members used the July 22 public-comment period to urge the Apache Junction Unified School District governing board to reverse recent staffing choices and revise facility-rental fees that they say are pricing out nonprofit youth sports programs.
"The recent fees you have implemented for nonprofit club teams make it nearly financially impossible," said Jill Bright, an AJUSD alumna and parent, criticizing rental charges she said range "between $600 and $2,000" for uses the city charges far less for. Bright told the board those local club teams serve as critical feeder programs for Cactus Canyon and AJ High and that higher fees reduce opportunities that spotlight Apache…
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