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Community sponsors step in to cover roughly $70,000–$75,000 for middle-school sports
Summary
District officials said community groups — including the East Hampton Soccer Club — and families have pledged sponsorships and fundraising to preserve middle-school sports; officials provided line-item costs totaling roughly $70,000–$75,000.
District officials said the East Hampton Soccer Club sponsored boys and girls soccer with roughly $12,000 in support and that the PTO and other families are organizing to cover costs for cross country, basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball. "The East Hampton soccer club, has, sponsored the boys and girls soccer program for the middle school, which is costing, the program close to $12,000," the district official said.
Officials provided itemized figures: cross country $11,200; boys soccer $8,952; girls soccer $9,486; boys basketball $11,445; girls basketball $11,125; cheerleading $3,435; girls volleyball $2,414; boys volleyball $2,414; baseball $8,398; girls softball $7,544 — which the district summarized as roughly $70,000–$75,000 in program costs. The district said sponsorship money will be routed through the PTO into a town revenue account and then used to pay program expenses.
Board members said they were grateful for community support but expressed frustration that programs were preserved piecemeal through donations rather than restored through stable town funding.
