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Agriculture and CTE teachers urge Stockton Unified to raise stipends and extend contracts
Summary
Several CTE and agriculture teachers told trustees they work hundreds of unpaid hours advising FFA and running programs and asked the district to adopt higher extended-contract days or a separate salary column comparable to neighboring districts.
Multiple teachers who supervise Career Technical Education and FFA programs told the Stockton Unified board they are working extensive unpaid hours and need compensation that matches regional practice.
Daniel Barrett, a CTE teacher and department chair at Stagg High School, said CTE instructors at surrounding districts receive more extended-contract days or separate salary columns. "If I were doing the same duties in one of these other school districts ... I'd be making approximately double what I've been making here," Barrett said, and he provided examples of neighboring districts that add between 30 and 43 extra days or maintain separate salary columns for CTE staff.
Helen Dondo, an FFA adviser at Stagg High School, described averaging "about 500 to 600 extra hours outside of contract time" annually to run competitions, coach teams and supervise student projects. Damen AR, a Floriculture teacher, said the loss of stipends would imperil student opportunities and recent competition success, warning that the district risks losing program capacity if stipends remain insufficient.
Why it matters: teachers said their programs generate grant funding and student opportunities but require year-round work for which stipends and extended-contract language have not kept pace. They urged the board to take the concerns to bargaining teams and adopt more competitive terms so programs can continue.
Trustees acknowledged the comments and encouraged the district to discuss compensation with bargaining units. The remarks were part of the public-comment period and did not include a formal board vote at the meeting.
