Board ratifies teacher settlement and approves staff contracts; administration details fund impacts
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Summary
The Winona Area Public School District board ratified a two-year settlement with the WEA and approved maintenance and food-service personnel arrangements; administration reported an estimated $2.15 million two-year cost for the WEA agreement and fund-specific impacts for other agreements.
The board approved a series of employment agreements after administration summarized contract language and cost impacts.
Highlights from the WEA settlement included adding health-reimbursement arrangements where applicable, aligning leave dates, cleaning up sick-leave language, adjusting coaching and advisor unit allocations, and implementing a 2% increase in year one and 4% in year two. Director Slavi told the board the settlement's total cost over two years was about $2,145,636.65 and that year-one general-fund impact was roughly $147,000 (about 0.46% of fund balance projection).
The board also approved a maintenance contract amendment to add HRA/HSA language and revise severance terms for longer-tenured employees, and accepted a nonunion food-service personnel agreement that adds longevity pay, increases uniform allowances and realigns salary steps. Administration estimated the food-service agreement would cost about $200,000 over three years and be absorbed in Fund 2.
Board members asked clarifying questions about fund impacts, severance calculations and how contract language intersects with state statute. The board approved the agreements by recorded votes or voice votes; one director abstained from the donations vote and at least one director abstained on a contract vote for conflict reasons as required by statute.