Board approves MOU establishing lead adaptive P.E. teacher stipends at six schools

Deerfield Public Schools District 109’s Board of Education on Aug. 21 approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that establishes a lead adaptive physical-education teacher and stipend at each of the district’s six schools following the resignation of the former adaptive P.E. teacher.

Administrators said the MOU was negotiated with the district’s certified‑staff bargaining unit (DEA) after the resignation of the former adaptive P.E. teacher, identified in the meeting as Mr. Goldberg. The plan names a lead adaptive P.E. teacher for each building to coordinate and track adaptive P.E. goals and services.

District staff told the board they will provide ongoing meetings and support for the lead adaptive‑P.E. teachers and orient all P.E. staff to student goals; the board approved the MOU as an action item (agenda item 9.4) by roll-call vote.

Board members asked whether the lead teachers would receive additional training; staff responded that district P.E. staff will meet regularly with the lead teachers and that ongoing meetings are planned throughout the year to support consistent service delivery.

The MOU was described as a local staffing and program-change response to a personnel turnover rather than a new program requiring additional capital funding; implementation will be managed by the curriculum and human-resources offices.