Missy Harvey, the district's athletics leader, told the Hamilton City Board that teams and coaches produced a year of milestone results and community support, and she urged continued investment in facilities and alumni outreach.

Harvey said the district's teams "fundraised over $65,000 this year to help support and offset expenses for their teams" and listed several program highlights and upcoming events, including the Healthy Hamilton Neighborhood Games (June 1'14, finals on June 14) and a multi-venue River Get Down festival in July with 33 bands. "If anybody wants to volunteer, we're looking for volunteers," she said.

The update emphasized competitive and academic accomplishments. Harvey noted Coach Steve Heckman reached 450 career wins and Emily Schopacher reached 400 career strikeouts. The district recorded six track records at the Blue Heaven Track Meet (32 teams participated), had multiple state qualifiers, and placed 11 student-athletes among the top 21 academically. Harvey also said "we had over a 50 athletes that have over a 3 GPA." Board members repeatedly praised the focus on academics and community partnerships.

Harvey described program supports and near-term priorities: expanded recognition programs (athlete/team/coaches of the week), post-season surveys for program improvement, an alumni database she aims to launch by the end of next year and continued emphasis on fundraising. She told the board, "We are gonna start an alumni database. I hope to have that fully functional by the end of next year" so the district can share updates and build community connections.

On facilities, Harvey said a long-term multipurpose building remains a goal: "Long term, my goal of a building is kind of, you know, it's one of those I'm always gonna put on there. Don't know that it's gonna happen during my time, but I truly do believe that it is one of those important things that I hope that the board continues to recognize." Board members acknowledged the need but did not take formal action.

Discussion vs. decision: The athletics presentation was informational; the board expressed appreciation, asked questions, and made no formal directive or vote tied to the athletics update.

The board moved on after the presentation; no athletics-specific funding or policy decisions were taken at the meeting.