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Box Elder board accepts $500,000 donation for Bear River baseball field and approves district match amid equity questions
Summary
The Box Elder School District board accepted a $500,000 donation from the Roger and Karen Green trust to upgrade Bear River High's baseball field and voted 6–1 to request a district match for next fiscal year, prompting discussion about Title N/Title IX compliance and whether the girls' softball field should be upgraded in tandem.
The Box Elder School District board voted to accept a $500,000 donation from the Roger and Karen Green trust to upgrade the baseball field at Bear River High School and approved a request for the district to match that amount in the next fiscal year.
Board members and staff described the donor’s offer at the March 3 meeting and debated whether the district should immediately commit matching funds. Neil, the district business administrator, told the board the capital outlay reserve is estimated to be about $28 million to $29 million by the end of the fiscal year and outlined options for using those funds to match private gifts.
Supporters said turf would reduce maintenance…
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