Cost per sport
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Not one of 25 teams carries the same FY2024 cost in all three district sheets.
| Lowest sheet | Up to the highest sheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor Track | $17,532 | $14,924 |
| Football | $19,805 | $10,309 |
| Boys' Basketball | $13,518 | $14,509 |
| Boys' Ice Hockey | $11,994 | $11,706 |
| Outdoor Track | $1,146 | $21,694 |
| Softball | $4,895 | $17,790 |
| Girls' Basketball | $9,881 | $11,415 |
| Girls' Soccer | $14,984 | $4,676 |
| Baseball | $2,574 | $16,722 |
| Boys' Soccer | $9,336 | $9,614 |
| Boys' Lacrosse | $613 | $13,576 |
| Girls' Lacrosse | $1,492 | $12,569 |
| Field Hockey | $9,866 | $2,138 |
| Cross Country | $6,818 | $4,182 |
| Golf | $5,931 | $2,006 |
| MS Boys' Basketball | $3,299 | $4,490 |
| MS Girls' Basketball | $2,366 | $4,902 |
| MS Field Hockey | $3,408 | $3,822 |
| MS Cross Country | $2,429 | $4,377 |
| Unified Track | $353 | $2,230 |
Of 25 teams, the 20 whose sheets differ most, FY2024. The third sheet’s figure falls between the two ends.
1 · The facts
0
teams with one cost in all three sheets
$612.79
boys’ lacrosse, FY2024, the May 2024 deck
$14,189.18
boys’ lacrosse, the by-sport workbook
$1,146.00
outdoor track, FY2024, the May 2024 deck
$15,221.50
outdoor track, the “Costs by Sport” sheet
$22,840.00
outdoor track, the by-sport workbook
173
fee fund disbursements, FY2024 to FY2026
0
of them naming a sport
—
what any one sport costs, on the books
not published
2 · What it shows
- 1
Not one of the 25 teams carries the same FY2024 cost in all three district sheets.
- 2
Boys’ lacrosse is stated at $612.79 in one sheet and $14,189.18 in another, for the same year.
- 3
The town’s books cannot settle it: none of the fee fund’s 173 payments names a sport.
| May 2024 decknot from the books | “Costs by Sport”not from the books | By-sport workbooknot from the books | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football | $25,774.45 | $19,805.28 | $30,114.24 |
| Cheer | $4,960.50 | $5,909.00 | $5,906.00 |
| Field Hockey | $9,865.99 | $10,458.50 | $12,004.28 |
| Cross Country | $6,818.50 | $10,585.90 | $11,000.90 |
| Golf | $5,930.97 | $7,859.40 | $7,936.97 |
| Boys' Soccer | $9,336.50 | $18,950.33 | $14,637.80 |
| Girls' Soccer | $14,983.50 | $15,250.33 | $19,659.81 |
| Unified Basketball | $1,907.82 | $3,032.82 | $3,122.82 |
| Softball | $4,895.00 | $17,431.00 | $22,684.50 |
| Girls' Lacrosse | $1,492.29 | $12,350.16 | $14,061.16 |
| Boys' Lacrosse | $612.79 | $10,496.18 | $14,189.18 |
| Baseball | $2,573.50 | $17,777.36 | $19,295.36 |
| Outdoor Track | $1,146.00 | $15,221.50 | $22,840.00 |
| Indoor Track | $17,532.50 | $32,456.00 | $29,600.50 |
| Unified Track | $353.00 | $1,593.00 | $2,583.00 |
| Girls' Basketball | $14,959.00 | $9,881.00 | $21,296.00 |
| Boys' Basketball | $20,717.96 | $13,518.00 | $28,027.46 |
| Boys' Ice Hockey | $15,069.70 | $11,994.27 | $23,700.70 |
| Girls' Ice Hockey | $1,100.00 | $1,100.00 | $2,117.48 |
| Alpine Skiing | $9,825.00 | $9,825.00 | $10,960.00 |
| MS Cross Country | $2,428.65 | $6,134.85 | $6,805.20 |
| MS Field Hockey | $3,407.50 | $7,180.25 | $7,229.53 |
| MS Track | $4,000.00 | $4,000.00 | $4,316.00 |
| MS Girls' Basketball | $2,365.75 | $6,764.25 | $7,268.25 |
| MS Boys' Basketball | $3,298.75 | $6,373.25 | $7,788.25 |
| All 25 teams | $185,355.62 | $275,947.63 | $349,145.39 |
Every column is a sheet somebody assembled, not the ledger. They are set side by side and never averaged.
What was said
“Field hockey and track, they are using hand me down jerseys, field hockey had 11 games last year and one official per game at $50 per official. Track had zero officials, the coaches were the officials and they are using hand me down jerseys from varsity.”
“I don’t know how track costs anything other than overhead allocations, which I would call programmatic cost.”
“I have put in a formal request records to Dr. Fortuna and the school to help out, I would like the actuals for this.”
Sources
- Lunenburg Public Schools — athletic-program-costs-by-sport.pdf
- Lunenburg Public Schools — athletics-costs-1.xlsx
- Lunenburg Public Schools — athletics-by-sport-fy2024-fy2026.xlsx
- Town of Lunenburg — Town Accountant (MUNIS) — account-details-fy2026-fund1301.xlsx
- Lunenburg Budget Project — athletics-by-sport.csv (the by-sport workbook, cell by cell)
- Lunenburg Budget Project — athletics-fincom.csv (the second per-sport sheet, cell by cell)
- Lunenburg Budget Project — fund-1301-cash-journal.csv (the fund’s cashbook, every posting)