School board agrees to include proposed coaching-supplement increases in budget draft

The Washington County School Board voted to include proposed adjustments to coaching supplements in the draft fiscal-year budget after staff presented an updated change worksheet that also flagged a roughly $54,000 janitorial cost and other possible additions.

Board members and staff discussed a proposal to index coaching stipends to the district’s 0-year teacher salary, adjust percentage rates across positions, and add a longevity component to avoid reducing any existing coach’s pay in a transition. "I'll make a motion that we approve line K of Jerry's Google spreadsheet right here and true up those negative numbers ... to at least 0," Board Member Flynn said when he moved to include the changes; the motion carried.

The new worksheet, prepared by district staff, shows several stipends the district’s athletic directors had identified as low compared with neighboring systems. Staff described the approach as using the starting teacher salary as a base index…