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Association seeks esports coaching roles and a shorter duty-day calendar; negotiators ask for participation and fiscal data
Summary
The association proposed adding head and assistant esports coaches at high schools and suggested moving to a 186-day calendar model; district negotiators asked for participation numbers, roster sizes and cost estimates and agreed to provide lists of special responsibility assignments for possible formalization.
Bargaining teams discussed staffing additions and calendar structure, including a request to add head and assistant esports coach positions and a proposal to adjust the duty-day calendar.
On article 36 the association proposed language to add a head and assistant esports coach at the high-school level as esports moves from club status toward a sanctioned activity. Negotiators discussed how coaching percentages are calculated — based on events, competitions and time beyond the duty day — and asked the association to provide numbers on participation and rosters so the district can estimate staffing and cost implications. One negotiator said a roster-driven process would allow the athletic allocation lead (named in the transcript) to add assistants when participation grows.
Separately, the association suggested moving the calendar baseline from a 190-day model (with early-release/cancelled days) to a 186-day model with the understanding that state rules on making up inclement-weather days would still apply. District negotiators cautioned that the change would affect other employee groups and family communications and said it would require an education campaign and additional study.
Negotiators also raised that several 'special responsibility assignments' are repeatedly used and may merit formalizing into discrete positions. District staff agreed to compile a list of who currently receives special responsibility assignments, their job titles and locations to inform future discussions.
The teams did not finalize new coaching positions or calendar changes in this session and asked for participation data, fiscal estimates and lists of recurring special responsibility assignments before further bargaining.
