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No document states one total: three sheets give $185,356 to $349,145 for the same teams in FY2024.
One year of athletics, four totals
District sheetsnot from the booksTown budget, ledgerFee fund, ledger
District sheets
Town budget, ledger
Fee fund, ledger
Deck
$185,356
not published
not published
Costs by Sport
$275,948
not published
not published
Workbook
$349,145
not published
not published
Town ledger
not published
$295,979
$250,575
All four are FY2024. The ledger bar is both funds’ spending, which also covers the director, trainer and insurance the workbook leaves out.
1 · The facts
$185,356
25 teams, FY2024, the district’s May 2024 deck
$275,948
the same teams, “Costs by Sport” sheet
$349,145
the same teams, district by-sport workbook
$295,979
town budget, spent on athletics, FY2024 (ledger)
$250,575
fee fund, spent on athletics, FY2024 (ledger)
$546,554
the two together, FY2024 (our sum)
$439,510
town budget, paid for athletics, FY2026 (ledger)
$146,911
fee fund, paid for athletics, FY2026 (ledger)
$2,035,523
custodians, heat, utilities, grounds, all schools, FY2026
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athletics’ share of buildings and grounds
not published
2 · What it shows
1
Three district sheets put the same teams’ FY2024 cost at $185,356, $275,948 and $349,145.
2
The town’s ledger shows $546,554 spent from both funds in FY2024, more than any sheet’s total.
3
None of these figures includes the buildings, and no published allocation says what they add.
What was said
“Community members have asked straightforward questions regarding the actual cost of middle school athletics and the process required to apply community raised funds towards these programs. Yet the answers have been inconsistent.”