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Holy Cross Regional High School
A draft joint-venture proposal between the SMES Class of 2027 committee and Holy Cross Regional High School — sharing infrastructure, separating operations, leaving room for whatever shape the HC community wants.
The shape of the proposal
What this could look like
The SMES committee built a complete concession program from scratch in 2025/2026 — three vendor carts, a documented operations playbook, financial reconciliation patterns, a parent claim platform, a financial aggregator, and a day-of volunteer dashboard. A year of late-night spreadsheet work compressed into reusable infrastructure.
The joint-venture proposal is straightforward: SMES brings the platform, Holy Cross brings student-run operations. Hardware, schemas, and patterns transfer; menu, pricing, and event-specific decisions stay with the HC team.
The hope is that HC students gain a working concession program for their own events — sports tournaments, school fairs, student-led fundraisers — without rebuilding the wheel. Year over year, the operation seasons itself.
What SMES would contribute
The shared toolkit
Every piece below was built and operated for the SMES Class of 2027 fundraiser. Each is reusable as-is, or HC students can fork and redesign.
Three concession carts
Hardware: grill cart, drinks cart, snack cart. All food-safe-tested, with prep notes documented. Available for HC student events at SMES partner cost.
Apps Script claim platform
Parent/student claim page with item-by-item pledges, live community thermometer, MyClaims return view, e-transfer + gift card + pickup options. Configurable for any committee in a Google Sheet.
Operations playbook
Day-of volunteer dashboard, shopper mobile list, prep checklists, station-by-station setup notes. Already tested at Guardians of the Net and Guardians of the Court.
Financial reconciliation
Treasurer-grade aggregator covering cash, Square/POS, PAD pre-orders, and pickup pledges. Per-item revenue + expense tracking with margin analysis.
Joint scheduling protocol
Shared calendar between SMES committee and HC student leads. Each event picks the operator (SMES, HC, or joint), shared inventory tracked centrally.
Open to restructuring
If the proposed shape doesn't fit — different revenue split, different operations boundary, different equipment scope — we're open to redesigning. The point is that HC students benefit, not that the proposal looks a certain way.
The full proposal document
Read the joint-venture brief
The detailed proposal — including scope, finances, scheduling, and the explicit open-to-restructuring clauses — lives at the link below. It's a working document, not a take-it-or-leave-it offer. Comments and counter-proposals welcome.
Read the joint proposal ↗For Holy Cross stakeholders
Get in touch
If you're part of the Holy Cross community — admin, student council, athletic department, parent group — and the proposal sparks something (whether enthusiasm or counter-questions), reach out directly.
Contact: aingco@gmail.com →Open to restructuring. The shape can change; the offer to collaborate stands.