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Trustees accept several donations and set new reporting threshold for large gifts to athletics
Summary
The board accepted multiple small donations to athletic programs and agreed to a policy to report back to the board on allocations for donations over $5,000; trustees also requested a follow-up comprehensive athletics budget review.
The Cloverdale Unified School District board verbally accepted several donations and discussed greater transparency for athletics spending.
Staff listed donations for public acknowledgment: American Ad Credit donated $1,000 to the CHS FFA program; Rick RHS donated $800 to Washington School softball; Play On Sports donated $156.97 to CHS Athletics; Piley Prince Inc. donated $33.61 to Cloverdale High; and Trustee Preston Addison donated materials plus a $1,000 gift certificate to the junior-high garden project. A motion to accept the donations was made by Trustee Lopez White, seconded by Trustee Candelaria, and approved by the board.
Trustees also reviewed a historical athletics budget report and discussed establishing clearer baseline funding and ordering processes for uniforms and equipment. Staff proposed a minimum district-supplied uniform set and clarified that additional team expenditures should be supported by fundraising or donations. The board agreed on a new reporting practice: any donation over $5,000 will be reported back to the board with an accounting of allocation so trustees and donors can see how large gifts were spent.
The board asked staff to return with a fuller athletics budget update for the current year so trustees can review budget-to-actual spending and the interplay between donation accounts and the general fund.
