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Board approves new athletics cooperative fee arrangement with retroactive elements
Summary
The board approved a revised fee schedule for the regional athletics cooperative: three smaller districts to pay a flat $40,000 and the larger partners to take roughly a 60/40 split; the arrangement includes March 1 input and a May 1 contract exit deadline.
The Washtucna School District board approved a revised fee structure for the regional athletics cooperative after a report and motion during the meeting.
S2 summarized a proposal discussed at a recent combined meeting in Ritzville: moving from a proportional split to a schedule that results in the two largest schools taking roughly a 60% share while Sprague, Harrington and Wasedockna would each pay a flat $40,000 to participate in the cooperative. S2 said participation statistics show about 85% of activity comes from the two largest schools and the other three combine for roughly 15% of participation. S2 also told the board the schedule is effectively retroactive to the current year and described agreed notification and exit dates: member input by March 1 and the contractual exit window through May 1.
S3 moved to approve the cooperative agreement and S4 seconded. The board recorded the motion as carried; the transcript records the board voting in favor. The motion includes the fee schedule details and the March 1 input/May 1 exit provisions as described at the combined meeting.
The approval was administrative and contract-like in nature; the board did not attach additional budgetary allocations to the motion at this meeting.
