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Board hears detailed accounting of extracurricular pay changes after teachers report losses
Summary
District activities director and the teachers' union negotiator described a long review of the extracurricular pay schedule and acknowledged calculation errors that left some veteran coaches with lower pay than the previous year; union provided a short-term corrective proposal.
Grand Forks Public Schools officials and union negotiators briefed the board on a review of extracurricular pay that district staff said aimed to correct longstanding errors and inequities but has produced unintended negative outcomes for some veteran coaches.
Mike Biermeyer, district activities director, told the board the review examined contract weeks, base factors and experience increments across activities. "The goal was not for any one of us to look at this and say, how can we pay our coaches more or how can we find ways to save the district money," Biermeyer said. Instead, he said the office sought to "right size" weeks and align compensation with actual season lengths; the review adjusted weeks for 16 activities and moved experience increments from a flat-dollar model to a percentage-based model.
Joe Drumm, GFEA vice president and chief negotiator, described how the…
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