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Coaches say new extracurricular pay formula left some veterans worse off; district, union discuss fixes
Summary
Grand Forks administrators and the teachers' union described a multiyear process to revise extracurricular pay; the change to a percentage-based experience increment (3% up to 10 years) and weeks adjustments produced gains for many but left some veteran coaches reporting substantial contract losses, prompting calls for short-term remedies and closer communication.
The Grand Forks School Board spent a sustained portion of its meeting on a review and public discussion of a recently revised extracurricular pay schedule that participants said produced uneven results.
Activities director Mike Biermeyer described the district'led review of activity contracts and weeks worked, saying the goal was to align weeks paid to actual seasons and to correct longstanding inequities. "We found some that needed to be increased based on their schedule," Biermeyer said, noting adjustments to weeks for student congress and middle-school music production among others.
The district moved experience pay away from a flat-dollar model (previously $6 per week times years of experience) to a percentage of base pay.…
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