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Board approves REA Appendix B memorandum of agreement; performing arts stipends rise 50%
Summary
Board members approved the REA Appendix B memorandum of agreement covering clubs, performing arts and athletics pay, including a 50% increase to theater stipends, expanded coach add‑on language to include retired‑returning coaches, and district‑funded CPR certification opportunities. The motion passed 6‑0.
The Rochester Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) addressing Appendix B (club sponsors, performing arts and athletics), a district administrator told the board.
Mr. Murphy presented the agreement and highlighted key changes: a newly created matrix for club sponsor pay ranges to differentiate more‑involved roles; a 50% increase to theater stipends in the performing arts section; an athletics add‑on applied to coaching contracts that in athletics was described as increasing in scope (administration noted it rises up to 6% in athletics in the new language); explicit inclusion of retirees who return to coach so that returning, longtime district employees receive the same add‑on; and a district mechanism to provide CPR training sessions and cover certification card payments.
Trustees asked clarifying questions about late‑day wording changes and whether the language had the union’s agreement. Mr. Murphy said the edits clarified that only retirees who were current coaches would be eligible for the add‑on and that the EA leadership and contract maintenance committee had agreed to the revised text. Trustee Lecuye asked whether state retirement earnings caps were factored in; administrators said there are time‑limited post‑retirement earnings limits (an early post‑retirement cap in the first months) and that the district planned to educate returning retirees about that risk but did not expect it to create district liability.
On budget impact, administrators said no specific equivalent cuts were required to pay for the increases; rather, the parties recognized some positions were underpaid and the agreement reflects a negotiated, fiscally aware balance amid an uncertain state budget. The board approved the MOA by a 6‑0 vote.
The MOA will be administered consistent with the district’s collective bargaining process and brought forward for any required follow‑up under the district’s implementation timeline.
