Board mulls participation fund changes
For most of a decade, booster groups throughout Warren County have been covering funding shortfalls for sports programs. During years of state-level education spending cuts in the early 2010s, Warren County School District cut the amount of funding provided to sports. The district instituted a policy by which students participating in sports and other co-curricular activities are required to pay a registration fee. Those dollars do not and were not intended to cover the shortfall in the budget. Booster groups and other community organizations have been able to make sure the sports ...