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Board pledges up to $9,000 to help Wheeling Park speech and debate team attend national tournaments
Summary
The board pledged up to $9,000 to help cover a funding gap for Wheeling Park students to attend three national speech and debate tournaments, contingent on student fundraising; the motion passed March 23.
Coaches and parents asked the Ohio County Board of Education March 23 for financial help to send students to three national speech and debate tournaments. The district has seen increased participation and dozens of awards this year; coaches said roughly 33 students qualified for national events and described substantial travel and entry costs.
"I would move that we support... $9,000 pending fundraising," President Croft said when offering the motion. Coaches and board members discussed the student fundraising plan—coaches said qualifying students were asked to raise about $500 each for the Tournament of Champions and smaller amounts for other events—and noted that the district historically provides targeted support for state competition travel.
Board members expressed support for the student-led fundraising while agreeing to bridge the remaining delta with district funds. The motion to pledge up to $9,000 to support national travel passed; the board indicated it would revisit any additional requests depending on how fundraising proceeds.
The motion did not include a detailed roll-call tally in the transcript; the pledge was approved as described at the meeting.
