District staff propose added middle-school coach stipends, club recognition and concession pay changes

School-district staff reviewed proposed revisions to the district's extracurricular negotiated agreement on topics including new middle-school coaching stipends, formal recognition of an "Alphabet Club" (an LGBT student club), compensation for concessions workers and summer strength-and-conditioning assistants. No formal votes were taken; staff said they will compile recommendations to share with the school board.

The proposals would add or clarify head and assistant positions at the middle-school level across multiple programs: boys and girls soccer, fall and winter cheer, drill team, tennis, wrestling, track and field, and other activity roles. Staff said the changes are intended to create defined leaders for each program, increase participation opportunities and align middle-school positions with high-school feeder programs. For some roles the draft schedule lists a head stipend at 7.2 percent of the base and assistant stipends at 6.3 percent; other roles were discussed at 4.5 percent in the current draft.

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