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Board approves partnership-council recommendations, tightens sick‑leave bank and flags stipend review
Summary
The board approved partnership-council recommendations that include separation of concession and student council duties, new stipends, and substantial sick‑leave bank changes (shorter maximum eligibility, defined catastrophic illness criteria, confidentiality procedures); members asked to revisit co‑curricular stipend schedules.
The Custer School District 16-1 board on Tuesday approved a set of recommendations from the partnership council that change co‑curricular stipends, clarify contract language and substantially revise the district sick‑leave bank.
The partnership council's package included separation of student-council and concession responsibilities in Hermosa (with a 2.7% stipend for positions), an additional junior-high cross‑country coach stipend at 5%, revised professional‑development per‑diem language, and a set of co‑curricular contract clarifications. Board members discussed concerns about the stipend schedule and agreed to review the list with salary‑survey data.
Administrator (S6) summarized major sick‑bank changes: a clarified definition of "catastrophic illness or injury," reduced maximum eligible days (the draft lowered the prior figure around 100 days to 40), stricter eligibility requiring exhaustion of all paid leave, and a governance structure for a confidential review committee comprising certified and classified representatives and a building administrator. "We define it ... this is not something where you're gonna use a sick leave bank if you run out of all your leave and have a common cold," S6 said, explaining the committee and confidentiality process.
A motion to approve the partnership council recommendations carried by voice vote. Several board members requested a more thorough review of stipend positions and percentages, including benchmarking via a salary survey before future adjustments.
