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Whitehall board approves higher activity fees for wrestling and track; district urges fundraising
Summary
The board approved raising activity fees for high-school wrestling and track after staff reported per-student costs of $1,287 for wrestling and $1,001 for high-school track. Staff recommended fee increases and suggested teams lead fundraising to offset costs.
Director presented athletics expense data and recommended raising participation fees for two high-cost programs while encouraging team-led fundraising.
"Wrestling, which is costing us $1,287 per kid, and track high school track, which is costing us $1,001 per kid," Director said, citing recent expense sheets. Director recommended raising the wrestling fee to $250 and the track fee to $200 while asking those programs to lead fundraising efforts to offset increases. Director also suggested resurrecting community discount-card fundraising as a revenue source.
Board members discussed the practical effect on families and the timeline for fundraising. Director noted that any fundraising would need to occur before the respective seasons; after discussion the motion to raise the fees was adopted.
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