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Board favors communication-first approach to improve declining fee collections
Summary
The superintendent and business manager reported declining fee collection rates and proposed steps—regular billing statements, promoting fee waivers, payment plans and family education—to improve revenue while supporting families; the board endorsed outreach before pursuing more aggressive collection tactics.
The Gavin School Board discussed declining fee collection rates and recommended staff emphasize communications and family support rather than immediate enforcement. The superintendent and business manager outlined a four-part approach: issue regular billing statements, promote fee waiver applications, offer payment-plan options and educate families about how registration and participation fees fund student programs.
Board members voiced support for the communication-focused strategy and asked administration to pursue those steps before considering more aggressive revenue-recovery measures. No formal motion to change fee policy was recorded in the excerpt.
