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District considers pay schedule changes for middle‑school wrestling and swimming coaches
Summary
Board working group discussed adding middle‑school girls wrestling and middle‑school swimming to the negotiated agreement and debated appropriate percentage stipends, with a tentative 8% head‑coach figure discussed and a decision to return with formal percentages at the next meeting.
Moscow School District trustees and staff discussed how to slot middle‑school girls wrestling and middle‑school swimming into the district’s coaching stipend schedule Wednesday, asking administrators to return with recommended percentages for approval.
The meeting examined whether to assign head‑coach stipends parity with comparable middle‑school sports; several participants proposed 8 percent of base salary as a starting point for head coaches and noted assistant positions could be adjusted later based on participation and safety needs. The group stressed parity between boys’ and girls’ head‑coach stipends where responsibilities are comparable and flagged that adding new positions will increase the district’s overall salary percentage for extra‑duty pay.
Officials and committee members discussed operational choices rather than final dollar amounts. They noted that girls’ wrestling is currently smaller in enrollment but could grow if it receives a dedicated coach; several members said that identical head‑coach percentages for boys and girls therefore made sense from an equity standpoint, while assistant positions could be scaled by actual participation to manage cost. Members also said middle‑school swim season length and the number of meets may justify a lower stipend than other sports, and asked staff to locate last year’s pilot‑year swim compensation for reference.
The working group did not finalize percentages at the meeting. The item for the negotiated agreement (5.1) will go back to the board with a clean presentation and proposed percentages; administrators were asked to return with recommended, itemized percentages for the affected middle‑school sports and an estimate of net cost to the district.
Next steps: the district will pull historical pay data and propose percentages for the next IBB/working-group meeting so the board can place finalized language into the negotiated agreement process.
