Pay to Participate Information Sheet

The following information was presented at the
Special Board of Education Meeting

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

1.     Athletics cost the district $195,356.70 out of the general fund to operate during the 2011-12 school year.

2.     During the 2010-11 school year, there were 122 high school student-athletes and 118 junior high school student-athletes.

3.     Pay to participate at $150/high school sport and $75/junior high sport will generate $27,150, which is 13.9% of the total district athletic budget.

What are other schools doing with pay-to-participate.

Bryan-$50/sport-high school and junior high with a $200 family cap/year

Stryker-$25/sport

Patrick Henry-$250/sport-high school: $175/sport-junior high with $500 family cap/year

Why not just cut athletics altogether and save the $195,356.70

1.     Ohio High School Athletic Association Bylaw 4-7-2 Exception #11 states that students attending any school district that completely discontinues sports programs may open enroll to any school of their choice and maintain full athletic eligibility.

2.     For each student that open enrolls out of Montpelier Schools, a check for $5732 accompanies that student to the school they open enroll to.

3.     This means that if 34 of our 240 (14%) student-athletes open-enrolls out, we will then begin to lose funding as a result of eliminating athletics.