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Residents and councilors push to coordinate school and parks fees after new charges hit youth programs
Summary
Public commenters and councilors urged the city to align school and parks fee policies after youth organizations learned of new school‑department rental charges; the Blazers reported a proposed $20/day fee was reduced by 75% to $5/day but still raises costs to roughly $1,000 annually.
The Finance Committee on Oct. 6 heard testimony from local youth‑sports leaders and councilors urging the city to coordinate fee policies across departments after the Brockton Public Schools proposed new rental charges for field and facility use.
Al Basler, representing the Brockton Blazers softball organization, said the school facilities team initially informed his group of a $20 per day rental fee for the Raymond School…
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