Sticky question regarding District money for baseball

Ed Sir10+ posts

I'm in the process of trying to get more funds for baseball from the school district. In talking with parents and coaches, we feel that the cost to run a 5A baseball program is around $12,000 a year at a minimum. In order to support my cause, I was wondering how much money does the different school districts budget for baseball. I'll start-
GISD $3,000, which means a lot of burden placed on booster clubs and parents to pay for the rest.
Thanks for any input you can give me.

1/25/088:57 AM

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MAB100+ posts

Ed,

What are you trying to figure - supplies/equip. or all items including field maintanence, supplies/equip., student travel and officials?

Could make your totals a big difference.

1/25/0810:01 PM

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UpnIn100+ posts

LISD (Lewisville ISD, The Colony, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Marcus and Hebron) budgets around $3,000 per program. A good target to shoot for is $25,000 be comfortable.

1/29/081:24 PM

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3and210+ posts

Ask how much other spring programs at your school get: softball, tennis, golf, s****r and track. Sometimes districts go years without evaluating their spending. If coaches in past years have not requested budget increases and provided justification, your admin/board may be unaware of the program's need. They won't provide all you need, but $3,000 is less than much smaller schools allocate.

1/29/084:47 PM

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Switchhitting10+ posts

Bellaire HS in Houston raises over 100,000 ever year for the program

2/4/0810:44 PM

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funneldrill1,000+ posts

This year our budget got cut to $5,000.

This does not include fee for tournaments, transportation, and field maintainence. We have seperate accounts for those plus our district maintains the field for us, coaches only rake and tamp home plate and the pitchers mound.

Our booster club will raise between $25,000-$30,000 this year.

2/5/087:55 AM

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nortexbaseball100+ posts

FD...thats is still a very healthy budget all in all....aside from the southlakes,HP's and Bellaires,ect...

2/5/0811:34 AM

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funneldrill1,000+ posts

Our district only allows us to raise what we are going to spend. So if I present a plan at the beginning of the school year to spend $34,808, then I have to have a plan to raise $34,808.

2/5/0812:41 PM

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MAB100+ posts

FD,

We have the same type of budget you do. Around 5K plus different ones for maintanence, Travel, umpires/tournament fees.

Are you saying that you have to have a budget for your boosters prior to the year and the school approves it - then raise the money?

Anyhow 25k-30k is a heck of a good job by your boosters!!

Good Luck this Spring - talk to you soon!

2/7/089:09 AM

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