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Parents and coaches press board to increase speech and debate coach pay during public comment
Summary
Multiple speakers urged the board to address low compensation for speech and debate coaches, citing year-round commitment, long travel, judge duties and competitive success. Coaches said a summer memorandum of activity promised last year was not implemented.
Parents, coaches and a former coach told the Rapid City Area School Board Feb. 4 that speech and debate coaching stipends and contract language should be revisited in the district's upcoming negotiations with the Rapid City Education Association.
Jennifer Berger, a parent of three district students, described the time commitments for Stevens High School's speech and debate program: practices run about five hours per week across a season that stretches from September through March, including three-seven local tournaments and eight-to-ten "East River"…
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