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Twinsburg Schools Unveils Student Fees For Next School Year

Some fees increased and some decreased as school officials recalibrated them for next year

Twinsburg School officials unveiled the new student fees for the 2013-2014 school year.

Some fees increased and others went down. School officials said they have put in lots of effort to listen to parents and properly calibrate the fees.

"We really listened to what our parents said," said Superintendent Kathi Powers. "We made some adjustments and we took a hard look at where we can save money for our parents moving forward."

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The current school year is the first one in which the district charged student pay-to-participate fees, which include academic fees paid by all students, course fees for AP and other middle and high school classes and pay to participate in athletics and clubs.

School officials anticipated making nearly $300,000 in revenue from student fees in the current school year. Powers said she will bring final numbers on how much is expected to be brought in at the next school board meeting.

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Fees can be paid online through the Twinsburg Schools website, or by submitting a paper form.

A list of all the fees and the payment form are including in the PDF attached to the article.

Note: Not all fees included in the following charts. Click the PDF attached to see all fees, including course fees and all sports and activity fees.

ACADEMIC FEES

ACTIVITY 2013-14 FEE 2012-13 FEE Preschool  $75 $70 K-8 $80 $70 9-12 $50 $70

PAY-TO-PARTICIPATE FEES

ACTIVITY 2013-14 FEE 2012-13 FEE High School Football $210 $210 Middle School Football $85 $110 High-School Marching/Concert Band $25 $33 Soccer $125 $125 Golf $165 $126 Ice Hockey $195 $190 High-School Baseball $140 $120 Middle-School Baseball $105 $90 Bowling $125 $80 Academic Challenge $35 $52 Power of the Pen $60 $26/$16 Gymnastics $335 $360

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