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Athletics report: fall season losses shrink but winter sports may push accounts negative
Summary
The board heard an athletics report showing improved gate revenue for volleyball and football but continuing shortfalls once coaching stipends and winter expenses are included; activity fees collected totaled about $14,200 and new district vans are expected to cut travel costs.
Staff member presented a sport-by-sport accounting of fall athletics. Volleyball ended the season with a net deficit (about $9,777) but gate revenue improvements reduced losses compared with the previous year; football was slightly negative (about $1,355). The presenter explained officials' fees and travel drive many costs, and middle-school events typically generate no gate revenue. "We collected, $14,200 in activity fees," the presenter said while noting that coaching stipends are paid from the general fund, not the athletics account.
The presenter said the district's new 12- and 15-passenger vans should reduce busing costs and help wrestling expenses, and described that winter sports (basketball, wrestling) historically push the athletic account further into the red despite fee adjustments. The board discussed options for covering winter-season costs and clarified that some costs (coaching stipends) are budgeted in a different fund than game-day revenues.
