Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 10:42:25 Pacific Daylight Time
Subject: Re: Ellensburg High School Tennis Program Date:
Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:49:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: Cole Kanyer To: Jane Smedley CC:
beau.snow@esd401.org, ole.hall@esd401.org, neil.mussser@esd401.org, haley.naboychik@esd401.org, Andrew Morse, judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov, Tom Dent, alex.ybarra@leg.wa.gov, board@esd401.org, CWU Trustees, Dennis Francois, kelly.kronbauer@esd401.org, jinger.haberer@esd401.org
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D ear Tennis Athletes, Families and Community Members:
This email is a follow-up to the EHS Athletics message to parents about the tennis program from last week. Ellensburg School District (ESD) will continue to provide the EHS Tennis Program as an option for student athletes. Ellensburg School District does not own tennis courts; therefore ESD is dependent to rent community courts to accommodate the EHS Tennis Program. The previous EHS Athletic Department message drew unintended public criticism for Central Washington University (CWU), which we seek to clarify in this message. Central Washington University and Ellensburg School District have had a good working relationship and respect each organization’s management rights. Prior to this fiscal year, CWU and ESD entered into an inter-local facility-use agreement providing both organizations to rent facility space from each other at 75%-discounted rates. The relationship with CWU to use their tennis courts makes the EHS Tennis Program a reality, being the only local tennis courts that can support the size and scope of our tennis program. CWU made a significant investment in the Ellensburg community by building this tennis facility. CWU funded the total construction cost supported by a generous contribution from a local family. CWU is solely responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the tennis facility. CWU has honored the family request that Ellensburg residents be provided access through free public use. CWU has graciously invited Ellensburg S.D. leadership to a meeting in the coming weeks to discuss our organizational needs and challenges moving forward. The previously scheduled June 05 , 2023 meeting will be postponed until after this meeting. ESD will bring our community stakeholders together to brainstorm options to assure the EHS Tennis Program remains viable and high quality. Thank you for allowing us to clarify this information, and we appreciate your patience as we move forward.
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