Athletic Program Review

Manchester Essex Regional School District

School Committee Meeting

December 8, 2009

Athletic Director: Kelly Porcaro

Current State of Program• Total of 38 teams, with 330 participants in current fall season• 14 Fall teams, 15 Winter teams, and 9 Spring teams• Fully compliant with Chapter 622 and Title IX, with equal opportunity

for all students• Field Hockey was seeded number 1 in the North for the MIAA

tournament - Our defending Superbowl Champion Football team had only 2 losses

• Communicating with parents through mass mailing, school website, HighSchoolsports.net, and Connect Ed system

• Indoor Track Program set to begin its second year in 2009• New Girls and Boys Alpine Ski Racing Team set to begin winter

2009• Significant athletic offerings for school with 444 high school students

and approximately 347 middle school students

Middle School Athletics

• 6th grade program in the fall and spring run by the Manchester Recreation Department

• 7th and 8th grade waivers in boys and girls cross country, golf, ice hockey (8th grade only), boys and girls swim, boys and girls indoor track, girls and boys lacrosse, baseball, softball and boys and girls tennis

• Middle School athletic teams in co-ed soccer, field hockey, and boys and girls basketball

Addressing Concussions In Student Athletes

• We have purchased the ImPact Test Software and contracted with Dr. Neil McGrath www.sportsconcussion.net

• Baseline testing to begin on student athletes during the winter preseason

• Each student athlete will be baseline tested using the ImPact Software by September of 2010

Value to Mission

The Interscholastic Athletic Program plays a very special role in the our athletes’ lives. Sports allow these individuals to develop integrated personalities, which demonstrate consistency in thinking and actions, irrespective of the tenseness of the situation. Competitive sports offer rich opportunities for the development of the unified personality as the individual has numerous opportunities to lead and follow, to give and to take, to submerge self for the good of the common cause, to win, to lose, and to take the consequences of his or her own actions and those of the group. In addition, the individual, in effect, acquires another means of communication through which each is enabled to give expression to his/her particular personality.

Delivery Model

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ExpensesAthletic Field/Bus Rent $20,000.00MAC rental $9,000.00Medical Supplies $8,000.00Field Paint $1,700.00Office Supplies $600.00Recond/Clean Uniforms $16,000.00Bishop Fenwick Rental $800.002 Assistant Football Coaches $2,074.00Equipment $15,000.00Rulebooks $250.00Sails $3,500.00Uniforms $10,000.00Championship Jackets $6,500.00CAL All Star Plaques $300.00Certificates $700.00Emergency Forms $700.00User fees to town $1,800.00Total AR Expenses

$96,924.00**Inclus ive of waivers based on free or reduced lunch s tatus

ATHLETIC REVOLVING ACCOUNT

RevenueFees ($295.00)** $86,311.00Gate (annual) $8,500.00Fees & Gate $94,811.00

Coaches Salaries $138,844.00Officials $25,600.00Trainer $20,000.00Transportation $22,500.00Supplies $4,500.00Pool/Boats $6,248.00Dues/Conf. $18,000.00Custodial Staff $5,000.00Total Operating $240,692.00

FY 2010 Operating Budget

Athletics’ Budget

Transportation• Salter Transportation has

been very good to work with

• Budget will be increased as previously only the cost of drivers’ salaries were charged

• Savings from gas, maintenance, insurance, ect. will offset the cost

  Fee 2009-10 school year 2009 family cap Change

Amesbury Yes $200 per sport $650 Family cap down $150.00

Beverly Yes $200-$300 per sport no none

Chelsea No      

Danvers Yes $125-$200 per sport $600 $50 increase, family cap up $100

Everett No      

Georgetown Yes $370-$450 per sport $1,500 $5 reduction in top tier fee

Gloucester Yes $271-$399 per sport no 2nd sport is a flat fee of $165

Hamilton-Wenham* Yes $282-$1189 per sport no variable increase depending on parental fundraising

Haverhill Yes $275 first sport; $275 second; third free; non-busing sports, $175

$850 $300, $1000 free last year

Ipswich Yes $400 per student/$250 for 2nd child

$650 none

Lynn No      

Lynnfield Yes $200 per student $450 Family cap up $25

Fees Comparison

Manchester-Essex Yes$295 per student/per year Additional fee for Alpine Ski

no up $95 per student

Marblehead Yes $340 per student $480 none

Masconomet Yes $250-$650 per sport no none

Northeast Regional No      

North Shore Tech No      

Newburyport Yes $225-$465 per sport $1,300$65 increase per student

Peabody Yes $150 per sport $300 none

Pentucket Yes$200-$400 per sport, $850 hockey

no none

Revere No      

Rockport Yes$300 per student, $350 hockey

no Up $75 per student

Saugus Yes $250-$350 per sport no none

Salem Yes $200 per student $350 none

Swampscott Yes $250 per sport $1,250 none

Triton Yes $250 per sport $1750 Added a family max

Whittier No      

Winthrop Yes $350 per sport $1,575 up $100 per sport

Challenges• Field and facilities constraints during

building project

• Rising fixed costs (Transportation & Officials)

• Maintaining quality programs in the face of difficult budgetary times

Plan for Moving Forward• Integrate new facilities from building

project into existing program

• Retain the successful recipe of offerings, low fees, participation, and competitive success

• Add a Cross Country Coach

• Expand coaches’ education, including CPR, First Aid and AED certifications.

• Implement Impact Concussion Testing

• Implement a Captains’ Council