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Assistant coach pay increase for Kayla Powell fails 3–1 at Miami R‑I board meeting
Summary
A motion to raise assistant coach Kayla Powell’s pay to $2,970 retroactive to Nov. 1, 2025 failed at the Nov. 19 Miami R‑I board meeting on a 3–1 vote; the minutes record Melanie Schaller as the lone dissenting vote.
A board motion to increase assistant coach Kayla Powell’s pay to $2,970 for the 2025–26 school year, retroactive to Nov. 1, 2025, failed at the Miami R‑I Board of Education’s Nov. 19 meeting.
Grant West moved the pay change and Dea Erickson seconded. The motion was recorded as failing on a 3–1 vote; the minutes indicate Melanie Schaller cast the sole "no" vote. The board’s minutes do not record additional discussion or the rationale for the vote.
Attendance notes in the minutes show Dea Erickson later went out at 4:33 p.m. and President Richie Powell returned to the meeting at 4:33 p.m. The minutes do not state whether the board intends to revisit the proposed pay change.
The failed motion is recorded in the minutes as: "Change Assistant Coach pay for Kayla Powell to $2,970.00 for the 25-26 SY retroactive November 1, 2025."
