MONTAGUE — In a very brief regular meeting Monday, the Montague school board unanimously approved two minor school changes.
The
board approved a new administrative salary schedule, which financial
officer Stacey Brown said was the result of a state supreme court ruling
that will no longer allow school districts to compute their own
cost-of-living raises to pension payees. Instead, the raises must be
made according to a "normal salary schedule," said law firm Miller
Johnson, which won the case, in a statement last fall about the ruling.
The board stated the schedule will be addressed by the board annually
going forward.
The other change approved by the board was the
addition of age-appropriate information regarding sexual harassment and
assault to handbooks distributed to NBC Middle School and Montague High
School students. The change is the result of a new state law requiring
such information to be made available to students grades 6-12.
One
public commenter stated her daughter was on the girls golf team this
fall and appreciated the use of a postseason survey distributed by the
coaches for parent feedback on the season. She asked if a similar
process was available to provide feedback on the school athletic
director and if not, if one could be enacted.
