Committee reallocates club stipends, creates subaccount for NHS/NAHS dues and fundraising

The Hopkinton School Committee approved two items related to high school extracurricular funding: (1) reallocation of advisor stipends from inactive clubs to active ones, and (2) creation of a subaccount for honor societies.

District staff reported the high school supports roughly 80 clubs; a recent review identified seven clubs no longer running that previously had funded stipends. Staff requested reallocating $4,851 from those inactive clubs to fund stipends for four active clubs (American Cancer Society Club, Poetry Club, SMART Club, Spanish Honor Society) and to add a co-adviser stipend for HOSA. Each stipend was listed at $556.

A motion to approve the stipend reallocation passed by voice vote.

Separately, staff requested and the committee approved creation of a dedicated subaccount for National Honor Society and National Art Honor Society to collect dues and fundraising proceeds for induction costs and related expenses. Staff said the annual fundraising for these groups is approximately $500 and cited NAHS dues of $10 per student; staff also noted the district can work with families for whom dues would be a hardship.

Provenance: Club stipend discussion began with presentation of the club review (presentation start ~00:16:37) and motions and votes for stipends and subaccount appear later in the same segment (motions ~00:24:46 and ~00:28:56).