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Tabernacle Board defers proposed extracurricular fee changes after public comment
Summary
After parent and teacher association comments about sports and activity costs, the Tabernacle Township Board of Education voted Feb. 18 to defer proposed changes to the district’s Fee for Fun schedule and the removal of a $150 per‑student cap for 2025–26.
The Tabernacle Township Board of Education on Feb. 18 voted to defer two agenda items that would have set the district’s Fee for Fun rates for 2025–26 and removed a $150 per‑student cap on sports, clubs and activities. The motion to defer was made by Mr. Steven Mosser and seconded by Ms. Tracy Betts and carried on a recorded roll call vote.
The items (listed in the meeting packet as agenda items #22 and #23) were shown as “TBD” in the packet; the minutes record public comment raising concerns about the proposed changes. Brittany Murro, identified in the minutes as co‑president of the Tabernacle Education Association (TEA), is recorded as having commented on financial items #22 and #23. During the public comment period Lindsey Hauenstein (Sohn Way) specifically addressed sports fees, and Dana Weir raised issues about baseball fields and sponsorship opportunities. The minutes also note other public commentators, including Heather Petersack of TEA and Rolando Domingo, who thanked the board for attending late at his first meeting.
Board members did not adopt new fee language at the meeting; by deferring the items they left the current fee structure and the $150 cap in place while staff and board members consider revisions. The board did not vote on a replacement fee schedule at the Feb. 18 meeting. The packet and minutes indicate the subject will return to the board for later consideration; no effective date or next meeting for final action was specified in the minutes.
