The Final Report - Malcolm Shabazz City High School, Madison WI

Decision Item #17:Background:Expenditures:Revenues:GENERATE ADDITIONAL ATHLETIC COMPETITION ADMISSIONREVENUESThe District currently collects admission fees at athletic competitions forsome varsity sports. Admission fees are not charged consistently by sportacross the District. The fee is $3/adult and $2/student.The District currently spends approximately $400,000 to $500,000 per highschool for athletics. Coaches’ salary and fringe account for the largestportion of the expenditures. Coaches are not considered in terms of FTE,their compensation is typically in supplemental funding, which provides theability to move funds easily between sports. Currently, the only ability todefray these expenditures is in participation fees as admission revenue isaccounted for in the general fund.The District currently generates approximately $120,000-$130,000 inadmission revenue annually. Assuming that each spectator was an adult,the District could raise an additional $40,000 to $43,000 dollars annually ifadmission fees were increased $1 per spectator and that increase doesnot lead to decreased attendance. Additionally, the District could raiseadded revenues, estimated at approximately $10,000 annually to takeadmission revenue uniformly at the same sporting events. Currently oneschool charges at 11 different sporting events where another schoolcharges at only 7 events. We also recommend taking admission fees atvolleyball games.FTE: 0.Anticipated Income: More than an estimated $50,000 could be generated if admission fees areincreased at the varsity level and applied uniformly across the District.Student Impact:Strategic Priorities:Effectiveness:Redundancies orAvailability of theService Elsewhere:Service Delivery:There is direct impact on student achievement.There is no link to strategic priority.There is no effectiveness consideration as services are not to be reduced.There is no consideration for redundancy as there is no service reduction.There is no service delivery impact.Virchow, Krause & Co. LLP Page 97March 11, 2002