FRISCO — Frisco ISD parents will probably have to reach deeper into their bank accounts next year under a host of changes being considered to help balance the district's budget.

Does your student play sports? There's an annual fee for that. Participate on the dance team or in honor choir? You'll likely get roped into more fundraisers to make up for the shortfalls.

If you want to watch your leading lady in the high school play, you'll have to pay more for admission.

And if you pay for anything with a credit card, from field trips to school lunches, the district plans to pass those pesky transaction fees your way.

Those are just a few of the 59 budget recommendations for the 2017-18 school year to prioritize spending and balance the budget in Frisco ISD, the fastest-growing school district in Texas. Projected net savings: more than $9.5 million.

Other proposals cut support staff — library aides, custodians, maintenance workers and campus technology specialists — and reduce stipends for some assistants who help with extracurricular activities. Also, 14.5 fine-arts jobs would be eliminated through attrition and reorganization.

"This budget changes Frisco ISD as we've known it in that it reduces both positions and services that are offered," chief financial officer Kimberly Pickens told the board during its meeting Monday night.

The school board is expected to vote on a final budget at its June meeting.

Not all cuts

Some expenses would be added. The district will hire seven more special education teachers to handle that growing student population. It will also add 17 bus drivers and 10 bus monitors. The biggest increase calls for a 1 percent staff raise, though board members hope to bump that to at least 2 percent.

But the suggestions mainly call for cutbacks, including making summer classes available online only and closing all campuses on Fridays during months when school is not in session.

The proposals cut the ninth-grade PSAT; eliminate adult education and GED prep classes offered at night; and require students to pay to compete in Destination Imagination.

And if your church or community group wants to use a Frisco ISD facility, expect to pay an additional 20 percent in rental fees.

Cuts to central administration total more than $1.8 million. Teachers, meanwhile, would have less money for classroom supplies as campus budgets get slashed 15 percent. Campus toner supplies for copiers also would be reduced. Class sizes would grow, and courses with small enrollment would be consolidated or eliminated.

Frisco ISD's two main sources of revenue are property taxes and state funding set by the Legislature. But district voters declined in August to raise the property tax rate 13 cents to help pay for day-to-day operations. Critics said the district asked for more money than it needed.

This is also the final year of funding through what's known as Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction, or ASATR. State legislators have failed to replace that money or come up with any meaningful reform to school finance this session.

That leaves Frisco ISD to rein in spending. A group from the community worked with the district for months to come up with recommendations that staff then analyzed for feasibility.

Courtesy Frisco ISD

The district has already decided to keep four newly built schools closed for the 2017-18 school year to save about $15 million next year.

School board president Anne McCausland said Monday that the district already runs a lean operation compared with neighboring districts.

"We've lost more than $100 million in state funding over the last five years while our tax rate has stayed the same," she said. "There's no question we have some tough decisions ahead."

Feeling 'some pain'

The changes proposed for extracurricular activities would hit individual families hardest but provide a net savings of over $1.2 million for the district.

Student athletes would pay to play under these recommendations: $100 in middle school and $200 in high school. The annual fees would cover the district's costs for security, transportation, officiating and laundry. Fees for summer athletic camps also would be an extra $1.50 to $2 per hour.

Other program cuts range from 25 percent for high school dance teams to 10 percent for high school musicals.

1 / 5The Frisco High Raccoons played the Frisco Wakeland Wolverines in girls softball on March 28. (Louis DeLuca / Staff Photographer) 2 / 5Frisco Lone Star Rangerettes walk onto the field before a football game in Denton on Sept. 16, 2016. (Andy Jacobsohn / Staff Photographer) 3 / 5Liberty High School cheerleaders anticipate kickoff at The Star in Frisco on August 27, 2016. (Stewart F. House / Special Contributor) 4 / 5Heritage High School and Lone Star High School perform simultaneously during halftime during the second of four games played at The Star in Frisco on Aug. 27, 2016. (Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer) 5 / 5Independence High School and Reedy High School meet at the 50 yard line after playing in the first high school football game at The Star in Frisco on Saturday, August 27, 2016. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)(Staff Photographer)

Board members worried that the extra fees might prevent some students from participating. They suggested scholarships to ensure that all students can participate.

Hardly any of the proposals discussed were popular.

Board member John Classe said, "It's going to get us where we need to be — but with some pain."

Click here for links from the district's website to Monday's budget presentation and video of Monday's board meeting.

Here are the 59 budget recommendations for 2017-18: