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Canyon ISD approves salary raises for 2021-22 school year
Amarillo Globe-News
The Canyon Independent School District Board of Trustees elected new board officers during its latest school board meeting Monday.
Bill Jenkins was approved as the newest board president, replacing Bruce Cobb. Jenni Winegarner will be the board’s vice-president, Matt Parker will be the new secretary and Randy Darnell will serve as the associate secretary.
The board, in their new roles, took action regarding employee salaries for the 2021-22 school year. Members of the board approved a plan for a 3.5% raise for employees in the midpoint family for the 2021-22 academic school year.
Over the last two days, boards from various school districts certified the results of the election which occurred earlier this month, electing four open spots on their respective boards for four-year terms.
After the results from May’s election were officially canvassed at the respective board meetings, the results are now final. The elected members of the board are scheduled to be sworn in at a regular board meeting in the near future.
Amarillo Independent School District
Voters in Potter and Randall counties voted to keep the three incumbents on the Amarillo ISD board in office in May’s election.
Based on the results of Saturday’s election, city of Amarillo voters showed that they wanted consistency both on the city council as well as who was named the city’s Mayor.
According to unofficial results from the Election Administration Offices for Potter and Randall counties, Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson, Place Two Councilmember Freda Powell, Place Three Councilmember Eddy Sauer and Place Four Councilmember Howard Smith were all re-elected for their respective positions.
“I am very pleased that voters have seen the work that we have done. We have been working for four years, and now they have said, let’s go two more years,” Nelson said. “I’m hopeful that we can use the next two years to get a lot of things done in the city. The message that I have heard over and over today from being at the polls is, ‘Thank you for the progressive way you are leading the city. Keep moving forward.’ We will do that.”