Former Dexter football coach Tom Barbieri receives $ 10,000 in benefits in settlement with district

Tom barbieri will not be the head coach of Dexter High School again, but he doesn’t leave empty-handed from the job he was fired from in 2010.

The longtime coach received $ 10,500 and other benefits as part of a settlement with Dexter Community Schools arising from a grievance filed following his termination.

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According to the regulations, neither school officials nor Barbieri are free to discuss the details of the deal, which AnnArbor.com obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Barbieri – who is also a high school physical education teacher – was fired after the 2010 season and filed a grievance with the Dexter Education Association soon after, alleging wrongful dismissal. His case went to arbitration, but after just one meeting, the two sides agreed to a settlement.

“Although I am not free to say much, I can say that an agreement was reached and all parties seemed to agree that it was in everyone’s best interests to move forward,” said the chairman of the DEA. Joe romeo.

The settlement says the deal “does not amount to an admission of guilt” by the district “and requires Barbieri to drop the grievance.

In addition to the payment, Barbieri will have his planning period moved to the last hour of the school day, which begins at 1:45 p.m., and will be allowed to leave school during this period “to take care of tasks directly related to the school day. ‘football training’ at any school during the 2016-2017 school year. Barbieri is currently an assistant coach at Pioneer High School.

Barbieri must also not be scheduled for preschool teaching duties (before 7:51 a.m.) during the five-year period and will have ‘the right to use up to 20 school days for the purpose of attending practice clinics or serve on the board of directors of a state football-related committee.

Barbieri, a Hall of Fame member of the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association who sits on its board of directors, will be paid for days off without counting his sick days.

Barbieri Dexter’s teams were 30-60 in 10 years as head coach. He said he was paid over $ 6,000 for his services in 2010.

He was fired after the 2010 season in which his team went 5-4, just the second winning season during his tenure. He was fired after the former sports director Lucas Lucas rated it ‘unacceptable’ in nine of the 15 assessment categories, including planning and organizing, applying individual and team discipline, involving assistant coaches in planning, and communicating with the sports director.

Barbieri disputed the nine “not acceptable” ratings in his grievance and claimed that proper protocol was not followed when he was terminated. The district denied the grievance in February 2011 and the settlement was reached in February 2012.

The 2009 and 2010 football coach reviews and the improvement plan written by Lucas’ predecessor, John robinson, were to be removed from Barbieri’s personal file in accordance with the agreement. Barbieri was also able to choose the person to do his teacher evaluations in the future.

Brian baird replaced Barbieri for the 2011 season and Dexter went 3-6.

Barbieri was allowed to issue a statement under the deal, in which he said: “I am sad that I am no longer coaching Dexter Football, but I will continue to do what I love to do and that is to say coaching football and working with young men and women It’s a great day to be a Dreadnaught.

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