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Board approves higher activity fees for wrestling and track, encourages fundraising
Summary
After reviewing three years of program expense data, staff recommended raising high‑school wrestling fees to $250 and high‑school track fees to $200; the board approved the increases and discussed local fundraising to offset costs.
District staff presented a multi‑year review of athletic program expenses and identified wrestling and high‑school track as having substantially higher per‑participant costs. The staff member said wrestling costs were the highest and proposed increasing the high‑school wrestling fee to $250 and the high‑school track fee to $200, with remaining activities staying at $100. “So, for wrestling, $150 extra per student would be about $3,000 roughly,” the staff member explained while outlining fundraising plans to offset fees.
The board approved the fee increases and discussed fundraising options (a community garage sale near Frontier Days and community discount cards) intended to let participating athletes offset fees before the season. Staff emphasized fundraising would be encouraged but families could still choose to pay the fee directly; the district will monitor participation and fundraising outcomes before any further adjustments.
