1. Athletics Financial Information FY 2017
Groton-Dunstable Regional Schools
January 23, 2018
12/28/2018

2. Uniform Required Purchases
Track, cross country, baseball, volleyball, boys lacrosse and softball all provide the uniform top but require athletes to purchase the uniform bottoms.
Baseball is also required to purchase their own hats.
Other teams offer gear or clothing that is option, examples include group shoe purchasing, practice jerseys, or warmups.
We plan to reiterate in contracts to coaches that all of these items are optional and are looking at a virtual athletics store where items can be purchased if they are desired that will further emphasize the optional nature of these items.

3. Financial Performance of Athletics
Revenue:
Fees: 302,686
Gate: ,362
Donation:
Lost Uni: 7,741
Expenses:
Salaries: -407,959
Trans: ,440
Other: -115,906
Net Cost to Assessment : 286,457 (46.56% of athletics total)

4. Fees Comparison
Looking at fees from 37 school districts including Groton-Dunstable the following were observed
Average: $271
High (excluding Sports with Special Assessment): $450
Low: $100
Median: $260
Mode: $200 (7)
Full Data Set in Packet

5. Family Cap
Our high school cap reduces fees collected by about 60,000 annually.
The family cap at Groton-Dunstable (2,200) is by far the highest due to a cap at both middle and high school. Caps near or slightly above 1,000 are far more common.
If we were to reduce our family cap to make the high school cap a true family cap at 1,200 we would be more in line. This reduction would have a minimal budget impact based on previous history.

6. Recommendation
I recommend that we move to a true family cap for athletics fees to the high school cap to ensure that families are not paying over 1,200 per year. Assessments for ice time and ski passes will not be counted toward the cap amount.

7. Thank You
Questions?
12/28/2018