If you are going to rent the Stoughton schools, it is going to cost you more once your permit runs out.
The school committee voted by 4-0 vote to increase the custodial fee from $34-$38 an hour. For not showing up after renting, the fee will be $76 regular and $100 for holiday rentals.
Committee member George Dolinsky didn't vote, because of his involvement in STOYAC, which rents the schools for athletic activities. STOYAC is the largest renter of the Stoughton schools.
This was first time in at least five years that the fees had been raised. Joel Harding, the Stoughton's director of maintenance and operations said school fee offsets the cost of having janitors there and the schools don't make money off the rentals.
STOYAC president Bob Evangelista asked if his organization could avoid absorbing the increase. His participation is down and it would mean a price increase. He did thank the committee for allowing it to stay at current rate until the permit runs out.
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