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Board approves spring coaching staffs, including $5,100 head track coach
Summary
The board approved coaching appointments and salaries for girls' softball, boys' baseball and track & field; head track coach Jason Burgess will receive $5,100 and several assistant coach stipends were approved. A baseball package received one abstention; track approvals included one abstention.
The Minersville Area Board of Education approved multiple athletics coaching appointments for the 2025/2026 school year.
On recommendation of Athletic Director Rich Dry, the board approved the Girls' Softball staff (head coach Katelyn Rittenbaugh, $4,080; multiple assistants at $2,897 or volunteer). The Boys' Baseball staff was approved with head coach Shane Spotts at $4,639 and assistants at $2,897; that package passed with one abstention by Albert D. Marazas. The Track & Field staff was approved with head coach Jason Burgess at $5,100 and several assistant and volunteer positions; Sarah R. Newton abstained on the track vote.
The motions state that, if state-mandated closures shorten seasons, payments will be prorated based on the PIAA first official practice date. The board recorded vote tallies and the motion language but did not name hourly breakdowns beyond the listed stipend amounts.
