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Athletics cuts, higher activity fees and new revenue streams proposed to protect programs
Summary
Administrators proposed $177,000 in athletic expenditure reductions, targeted cuts to some middle-school teams, a reworked activity-fee structure with a $400 per-child cap, expanded district ticketing and sponsorship/naming-rights seeks; parents and boosters pushed back, especially on a proposed marching-band fee.
District staff told the joint governance session that athletics cost roughly $2.2 million and presented a package of targeted expenditure reductions and revenue changes intended to reduce district expense while preserving program breadth.
Athletics cuts and savings: staff outlined $177,000 in proposed athletic expenditure reductions, including eliminating one of two middle-school boys soccer teams, cutting one of two middle-school girls volleyball teams, removing one junior-high boys basketball team, and consolidating middle-school baseball from two teams to one. Those team changes were presented as choices where community alternatives exist;…
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