Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer before things are back in motion next month!
This year AHSTW Community School District along with all Western Iowa Conference Schools will be increasing ticket prices for the 2023-2024 school year to $7.00 per event for attendees school-age through adult. This is a necessary change due to increasing costs associated with hosting extra-curricular activities.
To assist in your understanding as to how districts support activities, I share the following three pronged approach:
· AHSTW CSD’s General Fund: This fund is used to pay coaches’ salaries, transportation costs to and from events, repairs and general upkeep to gym floors, fields, facilities, field paint, chalk, etc.…
· Activities Fund: The activities fund is funded by admission fees, team fundraising, and donations. The purpose of this account is to:
o Pay for all official fees for Varsity, JV, and JH events.
§ [We do not collect admission at any event at the JV and JH levels when separate from varsity competitions.]
Referee/Umpire/Judge Costs Associated with Hosting Varsity Level Competitions: [Per event] | |||
Varsity Football | $700 | Track | $175 |
Varsity and JV Volleyball | $240 | Varsity B/G Soccer | $400 + mileage |
Cross Country · [No Gate Fee] | $150 | Varsity and JV Baseball | $320 |
Varsity Basketball | $420 | Varsity and JV Softball | $280 |
Varsity Wrestling Quad | $300 | ||
· Similar Costs are associated with each JH or JV Activity although at a slightly lower amount. | |||
o Pay for all team entry fees for tournaments and meets
o Pay for the base package for HUDL and Track Wrestling, which are services required by the State High School Associations to share film and scouting materials for specific high school sponsored sports.
o Pay for equipment needs including balls, training equipment, uniforms and supplies, etc.
· AHSTW Booster Club: We are very thankful for our booster club and all they do as they help tremendously in providing some basic needs of our sports teams [Ex. Uniforms, balls, and more], but also enhancements to our activities, as well.
With that said, due to the increase in associated costs and fees, it is necessary for AHSTW CSD and other WIC schools to raise the price of admission beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. With the increase in ticketing costs, AHSTW will also increase the cost of student, adult, and family passes, which are demonstrated on page three.
Online Ticketing – Bound
In addition to increasing the cost of admission AHSTW CSD and all Western Iowa Conference schools will begin the transition to cashless payment for admission to games, much like what we have been doing for postseason tournaments the past few years. Spectators will have a few different options to purchase event tickets.
o Tickets can be purchased in advance using a link on the school’s Bound site: www.gobound.com/ia/schools/ahstw/tickets
o You may need to use your email address to log into the site where you can download a QR code to your phone or print the ticket with the QR code to be scanned at the admission site.
o You can also use a debit/credit card at the event site to purchase a ticket.
o Jr. High events in the Western Iowa Conference will remain to be free. When our teams travel to play other schools outside of our conference, they may have different payment methods and admission prices and we will try to keep you informed of other payment situations.
o AHSTW will still offer the sale of activity passes which will work at AHSTW home events. The price of event passes are included in this letter, but you will also be able to view pricing on our school website or by contacting the school.
Bound Activity Calendars:
Starting in August, AHSTW CSD will also transition to using Bound as our activities information hub. You can find our school’s page using the link https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/ahstw. It is on this site you will be able to see upcoming games and activities, access our activities calendar, purchase tickets to school events, and use various other tools as we start to implement those items. Bound also has an app that can be downloaded on your phone.
AHSTW CSD & Western Iowa Conference
2023-2024 Admission Prices
All varsity events including District Football:
Adults & Students - $7.00
All tickets will be digital. Tickets can be purchased in advance through Bound or purchased at the gate with a card.
https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/ahstw/tickets
AHSTW Community School District Activity Passes 2023- 2024
Student Activity Pass [A $50 pass pays for itself after attending 7.1 events.] | $50 | Good for all home regular season events for specified student |
Adult Activity Pass [A $100 pass pays for itself after attending 14.3 events.] | $100 | Good for all home regular season events for specified adult |
Family Activity Pass [A family pass pays for itself after a family of 4 attends 42.8 events or 10.7 events per person.] | $300 | Good for all home regular season events for immediate family under 18 in one household |
** AHSTW hosts roughly 50 home events per year. ** The cost of a family pass is based on a family of 4. [A family of 4 could pay for roughly 200 gate fees, if all events were attended.] ** AHSTW extra-curricular passes are not valid for postseason activities. | ||
Respectfully,
Mr. Darin Jones
Superintendent
AHSTW Community School District
