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Board approves athletic pay increase, handbook revisions and wage bumps; deletes older executive-session audio
Summary
At its May meeting, the Mendota CCSD 289 board approved a package of routine and personnel items: an increase in officials' pay, revisions to the student handbook, hourly wage increases for certain employees, and deletion of older executive-session audio with specific date exceptions.
The Mendota CCSD 289 board approved several routine and personnel measures during its meeting, including an increase to athletic officials' pay, student-handbook updates and across-the-board wage adjustments for noncontract employees.
Board member (S2) moved to raise officials' pay with the motion recorded in the meeting transcript ("Officials pay will be raised to $40 a game for basketball and volleyball and $80 a game and $40 for the league game for soccer"). The motion was seconded and approved by the board during the roll-call sequence recorded in the meeting.
The board also voted to approve minor revisions to the 2027 student handbook. The superintendent (S4) said the handbook language is largely model text from an industry handbook the district subscribes to and includes standard legal updates; the board approved the revision after a second and roll-call.
Separately, the board approved a proposal to increase remaining wages for fiscal year 2027: the motion called for a $1-per-hour increase plus an additional quarter-hour for another year's experience for certain positions, and a 4% increase for noncontract/non-CBA employees. The motion was seconded and passed; the meeting transcript records an abstention by Superintendent (S4).
The board also approved a motion to delete older executive-session audio recordings with exceptions for recordings from February–April 2024; the deletion motion was moved, seconded and carried.
What happens next: These changes take effect as implemented by district administration and will be reflected in payroll and policy documents. The board did not specify exact individual vote tallies in the public transcript beyond the recorded roll-call confirmations included in the meeting record.
