Adams-Friendship board approves 2024–25 wage increases, health-plan change and staff handbooks
May 08, 2024 | Adams-Friendship Area School District, School Districts, Wisconsin
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The Adams-Friendship Area School District Board approved a set of 2024–25 compensation and policy items at a special meeting, voting to adopt base wage increases, alter co-curricular pay, adopt new staff handbooks and change its health insurance plan.
Chair (voice labeled S1) opened the meeting, called for the agenda to be adopted and presided over several roll-call votes. The board recorded approval of consent item 3.1 to move health coverage to a plan administered by UMR, noting an approximate 3.5% rate increase compared with a previously reported 11% proposal; the board also approved offering a $2,500 stipend for employees who choose to opt out of the district health insurance plan.
The board approved base wage increases for 2024–25 as presented, excluding summer-school positions. The approval was followed by a separate vote to adopt co-curricular pay changes: the co-curricular base wage was adjusted to match a $40,000 benchmark, a longevity increase recognizing years of service in three-year increments was added, and a role identified in the transcript as the "Datch coach" was adjusted to a varsity-coach pay level.
Board members also approved a districtwide all-staff salary-and-wage increase for 2024–25 with the exception of five individual cases that the board said would be handled separately (the transcript records that those five would be considered the following Monday).
During the meeting the board twice voted to move into closed session under the statute cited in the transcript (identified there as a section addressing employment, promotion, compensation or performance-evaluation data) to discuss personnel-related matters, including the 2024–25 salary and wage increases and sports/professional-staff handbooks. After the closed sessions the board voted to approve the 2024–25 support staff handbook and the 2024–25 professional staff handbook as presented.
The transcript records roll-call tallies and a small number of abstentions on some motions. The chair announced motions as passing at the time of the meeting. The meeting adjourned after the final votes and brief remarks thanking staff; one board member said, "Thank you, Nikki, for all the work."
Chair (voice labeled S1) opened the meeting, called for the agenda to be adopted and presided over several roll-call votes. The board recorded approval of consent item 3.1 to move health coverage to a plan administered by UMR, noting an approximate 3.5% rate increase compared with a previously reported 11% proposal; the board also approved offering a $2,500 stipend for employees who choose to opt out of the district health insurance plan.
The board approved base wage increases for 2024–25 as presented, excluding summer-school positions. The approval was followed by a separate vote to adopt co-curricular pay changes: the co-curricular base wage was adjusted to match a $40,000 benchmark, a longevity increase recognizing years of service in three-year increments was added, and a role identified in the transcript as the "Datch coach" was adjusted to a varsity-coach pay level.
Board members also approved a districtwide all-staff salary-and-wage increase for 2024–25 with the exception of five individual cases that the board said would be handled separately (the transcript records that those five would be considered the following Monday).
During the meeting the board twice voted to move into closed session under the statute cited in the transcript (identified there as a section addressing employment, promotion, compensation or performance-evaluation data) to discuss personnel-related matters, including the 2024–25 salary and wage increases and sports/professional-staff handbooks. After the closed sessions the board voted to approve the 2024–25 support staff handbook and the 2024–25 professional staff handbook as presented.
The transcript records roll-call tallies and a small number of abstentions on some motions. The chair announced motions as passing at the time of the meeting. The meeting adjourned after the final votes and brief remarks thanking staff; one board member said, "Thank you, Nikki, for all the work."
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