IBB group moves girls wrestling straw design for further reading; adds coaching positions to draft

Moscow — Negotiators reviewed a straw design that adds coaching positions for wrestling and agreed to advance the item for further reading.

Suna presented a draft negotiated‑agreement language that included two varsity coaches (girls and boys) at 16% each, three high‑school assistant coaches at 8%, middle‑school boys and girls head coaches at 10% and assistants at 5.6%. Participants compared different printed copies and noted a discrepancy in last year’s documents regarding the number of middle‑school assistant coaches.

A committee member estimated the incremental cost of adding a varsity head coach at about $4,500 and an assistant around $2,000, producing a rough incremental budget estimate of about $7,000 for the positions discussed. The group judged that figure modest in the district’s broader budget but flagged that it should be verified in routine budget review.

By informal consensus the group agreed to move the straw design to the next reading (described in the meeting as moving it to 'wood' for another reading) for formal consideration.

Next steps: item to appear in the next IBB meeting packet for formal review and potential inclusion in a negotiated agreement.