For our budget here at Kool-Aid Jammers High School, the first order of business was addressing all of needs that were bolded on the list. The total cost for all the bolded items was $151,350. However, our funds only covered $120,000.
The good news was our Athletic Department received $20,000 from a former football player. We also decided to use Football, Men’s/Women’s Swimming, Women’s Track and Field, and the Men’s Track and Field programs to use fundraisers for because those programs involve the most players out of all of our programs. The total cost of all of the items in the fundraisers (that was not bolded) would be $15,300. This would give $155,300 worth of fundraisers and donations.
The difference between our total amount of fundraisers and donations compared to the cost of the bolded items was $3,950. With the extra money, we decided to use the rest of our money by attempting to buy as many things as possible across multiple programs. We paid $1,200 for new Men’s Soccer jerseys and another $1,200 for new Women’s Soccer jerseys. We also paid $1,200 for new Volleyball jerseys. We then spent $300 for new Discus for the Women’s Track team because they were ranked higher in the conference and had more members than the Men’s Track team. We were left with $50 that was unaccounted for because there was nothing left to pay for within the $50 price range.
Finally, we do not believe teams have to pay-to-play because there is enough funding to support all of our teams. However, with us being only a high school, we do not need to compete in tournaments in Florida or train in Colorado because most of our athletes will go to college for reasons other than sports. We just need to focus on being a championship team here in Ohio.
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