Pateros school board approves para educators, assistant sports coaches

PATEROS – The school board of directors approved the hiring of three new para educators and two assistant sports coaches at their regular meeting on Sept. 27. Para educators approved included C’Aira Murray and Rebecca Judd, both part-time resource room para educators, and Lisa Mullins, part-time regular education para educators. New hires as assistant coaches are Clara Osborne, junior high girls basketball and Darlina Fernandez, high school girls soccer.
In other business the board voted to keep the current school director districts as is on the basis of a report from Sammamish Data Systems which stated that 2020 census counts per district were found “not wanting” meaning no changes are needed to the director district boundary lines.
The Memo of Understanding (MOU) between the classified union and the district extends the current 2018-2020 contract through August 31, 2022. The MOU applies the two percent (2%) increase in compensation provided by the state legislature for the 2021-2022 school year to the 2020-2021 salary schedule.
The board accepted the resignation of school Business Manager Brandon Rose and approved a Business Manager Services contract from Educational Services District (ESD) 171 as a short-term solution to provide those services while a search for Rose’s replacement is conducted.
The board also approved Resolution 2021-308 to enter into contract with Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) to provide the school district membership in MRSC rosters. MRSC will host the district’ Small Public Works Roster, and Individual Consultant Roster.