Funding and Expenses
Funding for team activities comes from school allotments, team fundraising, and student fees.
North Mecklenburg H.S. occasionally gives a small amount of funds to Debate & Speech out of its activity budget. CMS Humanities Department provides a portion of travel money to each high school based on a pre-arranged formula. The Debate and Speech Team engages in fundraising throughout the year. The team has one major fundraiser our own Jimmy K. Poole Viking Classic tournament. All team members, parents or guardians are expected to volunteer and donate an item for the Jimmy K. Poole Viking Classic tournament (held in Oct) as well as participate in other fundraising activities throughout the year.
Judging sign ups are vital to the success of any tournament without a pool of judges our schedule tournaments would not be possible. Please note that North must register a predetermined judge allocation for each tournament. If our team does not meet the tournament judge allocation the team will incur a $50 fine for each judge drop. Family members (parents, guardians, adult siblings or other adult family members) are asked to sign up to judge throughout the year.
Season Team Member Fees
Debate Competitor $350
Speech Competitor $400
Payment Installment Schedule
1st Installment is due on September 21
Debate Competitor $150
Speech Competitor $150
2nd Installment is due on November 1
Debate Competitor $100
Speech Competitor $100
Final Installment is due by January 3
Debate Competitor $100
Speech Competitor $150
Expenses for scheduled tournament (excludes optional tournaments) are covered by season membership fees and with booster club subsidies (excludes auxiliary members). Any member attending an optional tournament will have to pay for all optional tournament cost as determined by the head coach and the booster's. All optional tournament fees are due 7 days prior to tournament date or the student can not attend.
Auxiliary members must pay full registration fee for any schedule tournaments they chose to attend. Auxiliary members must pay the fee as determined by the head coach and booster's and payment is due 7 days prior to tournament date or the student can not attend.
Meals, beverages and snacks are not covered by the member fees! Everyone must pay for their own meals, beverages and snacks.
National level or overnight tournaments, students must cover fees, transportation costs, and hotel both for themselves and for the accompanying coaches. The Booster Club may subsidize tournament costs as it is able and sees fit.
The treasurer will create an account for each member. Treasurer will send an email to students and parents to confirm membership type and payment schedule. Treasure will keep member account records and reconcile all payments and judging credits. Treasurer will send past due emails to students and parents with invoice attached. Contact the booster treasurer for any membership fee questions or to request an account statement.
To make a payment use the payment button under the Parent Information tab. PayPal payments do not require a member login, and all payments can be paid as a PayPal guest. PayPal will send a payment confirmation via email. If you can not make payment by the due date notify the head coach before the due date to discuss your student account status and also contact the booster treasurer via email.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools currently pays for the travel and lodging expenses of any student qualifying for a national championship (NSDA, CFL and TOC). Students must pay their own meal expenses.