MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR CO-OP ACTIVITIES BETWEEN
HETTINGER PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SCRANTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
This agreement is between the Hettinger Public School Board and the Scranton Public School Board, concerning the forming of a football, track, cross-country, wrestling, baseball, golf and speech cooperatives. This co-op will begin the school year 2009-2010 with the exception of football which unless otherwise allowed will begin in 2010-2011.
1.
The co-op teams will be called the Hettinger-Scranton Black Devils. It is agreed that upon co-op of basketball and volleyball, a new co-op mascot will be established. The Same rules governing games and financial commitment for the other co-op sports will apply.
2.Co-op colors are black, orange, red and white.
3.School songs: The co-op will recognize both “Notre Dame Victory March” and “Minnesota Rouser” as school songs.
4.Financing the Co-op Sports and Activities: Schools will use the revenues from each program to offset expenses. Accounts will be balanced at the beginning of each year. If the account is in the “black” these funds will remain in the account for future needs.
The schools will share expenses and revenues on the following percentage of participation.
0%-25% - 25% of the funding
26%-35%- 35% of the funding
36%-65%- 50% of the funding
66%-74%- 65% of the funding
75% and up- 75% of the funding
If the co-op ever dissolves, the host school will keep any money that is left in the co-op sports’ activity accounts.
5.Activity passes will be valid in both schools for co-op activities.
6.Wednesday night is church night; no activities will be scheduled after 6:00 p.m. Traveling schools will be home by 6:30 p.m.
7.The co-op Athletic Directors and Administrators will develop eligibility policies consistent at both schools.
8.Formal evaluations shall be done on all coaches by the collaboration of athletic director’s from each school.
9.Each school will establish a co-op committee consisting of two board members, Athletic Director and an Administrator. The committee shall meet in November and June. Other meetings will be scheduled as needed.
10.Equipment: Coaches will inventory equipment and will submit requests for new equipment to the school administrators. The administrators will collaborate on the purchase of these items that are not considered consumables. Equipment will be kept at the host school.
11.Coache’s salaries will be determined from the highest of the two school’s negotiated extra-curricular salary schedule. These salaries will be considered as one of the expenses for the program.
12.Coaches/Directors will observe a chain of command beginning with the Athletic Directors.
13.The Administration and Athletic Directors will be involved in interviewing and hiring of coaching staff. A school may waive this option if their student participation in the activity is marginal.
14.Concessions: The school in which the game/activity takes place will keep concession revenue.
15.Admission: The price of admission will be consistent with the area and each school.
16.Transportation: For the sake of practicing transportation will be provided by the individual school districts. In most cases if a coach from the transporting school exists, that coach will also be responsible for practice transportation. If no coach exists it will be left to the school district to arrange transportation or have participants transport themselves. For games however, a record of mileage and driver expenses will be kept to split proportionally.
17.Communication: There shall be a chain of command with communication coming from the Athletic Directors from both schools. Any special events (team meals, pep rallies, award nights, team gatherings, etc.) will be communicated well in advance so students and parents have plenty of notice.
INDIVIDUAL SPORTS AGREEMENTS
FOOTBALL:
Uniforms:
New uniforms will be purchased and the cost shared equally between school districts.
Home Games:
Generally, the home football schedule will consist of 4 games per year. Because of equal commitment but disproportional school sizes, Scranton will have 1 home varsity football game per year when participation in high school is under 40% of the total team membership (following 10 days of practice). If participation is 40% or greater, the home football games will be split equally. The co-op host school is responsible for the contracting of officials, the school where the home game is played will be responsible for readying the field, ticket-takers, facilities, etc.
Junior Varsity and Junior High home games will be equally divided.
Play-off Games:
Play-off games will be held in Hettinger unless Scranton has 45% of participants on the team. In this case, Hettinger will host the first play-off game and Scranton will host the next. If only one football play-off game is played during the year Scranton has 45% of participants, Scranton will host the next play-off game if participation is held at 45%.
PRACTICES:
Scranton will receive 25% of the practices for all football programs. If the percentage of participants is higher (programs will be calculated separately; varsity, junior varsity, junior high), practices will coincide with the funding commitment percentage. The Athletic Directors will collaborate with the coaches to schedule these dates well in advance.
TRACK AND GOLF:
When coaches at each site exist, practices will take place at the home site of the athlete. Golf offs will be held in Hettinger as scheduled through the Athletic Directors from both schools. Team building practices for both track and golf will also be scheduled through the Athletic Directors.
SPEECH AND CROSS COUNTRY TRACK:
It is expected that the majority of these practices can be held at individual schools under the practice plan of the coach or activity director. Coaches will communicate with the Athletic Directors when group practices are needed. (It is understood that Bowman County currently is the home school for cross country. Interested participants from Scranton will join this existing program with Hettinger and Bowman County)
WRESTLING:
All practices and meets will be in Hettinger.
THE HETTINGER PUBLIC SCHOOL AGREES TO THE TERMS OF THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE SCRANTON PUBLIC SCHOOL AS DESCRIBED ABOVE FOR THE ACTIVITIES/SPORTS DESCRIBED ABOVE
THIS AGREEMENT WILL GO INTO EFFECT UPON APPROVAL BY THE NDHSAA. IT IS OUR DESIRE TO BEGIN WRESTLING, TRACK, BASEBALL, GOLF AND SPEECH IN 2009-2010. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT FOOTBALL AND CROSS-COUNTRY WILL BEGIN IN 2010-2011.
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HETTINGER SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT DATE
