School board OK's contracts, opens roofing bid

The Wahkiakum School District board of directors approved raises for its administrators and classified employees at its June 20 meeting.

The board also accepted the resignation of long-time Mule baseball Coach Jeff Rooklidge, awarded a bid for re-roofing Wahkiakum High School, and handled other business.

The principal salary schedule starts at $73,000 per year for no experience; at two years, it reaches $79,189, and three or more years, $80,806. Principals are, elementary and middle school, Theresa Libby, over three years, and high school, Loren Davis, two years.

Superintendent Bob Garrett’s contract was approved. He works 156 days out of the 180-day basic school year at a salary of $75,634.

The support salary schedule ranges in wages from $12.18 to $15.81, depending on experience and job. Bus drivers are paid $15.96 per hour, $10.48 for standby time. The district clerk wage range is $14.14 to $17.79, at 12 years or more experience. Transportation and maintenance supervisor wages range from $15.72 to $19.31 after 12 years.

The board received one bid for re-roofing the middle school. The bidder, Weather Guard Roofing of Longview, bid $50,170 for the job, with an option of $8,364 to remove skylights which have had leaks since they were installed, administrators said.

Superintendent Garrett told directors the staff would add another algebra class to the curriculum to aid students in passing the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. The class would be designed for seniors who hadn’t yet passed the math WASL test.

In other business, the board accepted the resignation of long-time baseball Coach Jeff Rooklidge. The board also approved coach contracts for John Hannah and Keith Burns as head and assistant wrestling coaches.

The board also learned that the Cathlamet Fire Department had rejected an offer to burn the Old Gym as a training exercise. In a letter to Garrett, Assistant Chief William J. Faubion explained that the building was too big to remain structurally sound while firemen would be practicing inside.