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Kutztown school leaders push plan for $50–$100 student activity fee; board raises implementation questions
Summary
District staff proposed a one-time activity fee — $100 for high-school students and $50 for middle-school students, exempting students on free/reduced lunch (~33–35%) — to cover transportation and facility usage. Board members discussed tracking, exemptions, fundraising backstops and decided to include the fee proposal in the June 23 budget adoption process.
Kutztown Area School District administrators recommended adding a one-time activity fee to the coming budget to help cover costs tied to extracurriculars and athletics.
Superintendent Dr. Myers presented the proposal and said the recommendation is for a single per-student charge rather than per-activity amounts. “I would recommend that lower fee of the $50, you know, one time a year,” Dr. Myers said, adding that high-school athletics would be set at $100 because of higher transportation and facility…
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