Residents in cities and school districts throughout the Red River Valley will be going to the polls May 1 to determine who will serve on city councils and as school trustees for the coming year. In some instances, voters will decide the fate of bond elections and other matters pertinent to municipalities and school districts.
North Lamar ISD residents are to vote on a $51.55 million bond referendum with five separate propositions, and Prairiland ISD constituents will decide the fate of a $7.5 million bond in one proposition.
Election officials in both municipalities and school districts have approved candidate applications and are now in the process of drawing for positions on the May 1 ballot.
DEPORT â As many local governmental bodies around the Red River Valley are preparing for May elections, Deport City Council members finalized the candidates for the upcoming election at a Monday meeting, drawing the order in which candidates will appear on the ballot.
Craig Folse, Rebecca Crawford, Gene Landreth, Danny Turner Jr. and John Roach are on the ballot for City Council, and Patrick Watson is running unopposed for mayor. The ballot will also include a vote to increase the sales tax rate to bring in more revenue.
A key topic was also handling the cityâs credit cards, which were canceled after former mayor John Mark Francis left office. Councilor Marilyn Glover said she no longer wanted to use the credit system and wants to set up direct debit withdrawals from the cityâs accounts. Mayor Pro Tem Craig Folse said he wanted to take a closer look at credit card charges after Councilor Rebecca Crawford brought up questions about some of the charges that seemed out
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Thousands of teachers in the US have already been vaccinated against Covid after they were prioritised so that schools can reopen.
Federal health chiefs recommended that the country’s 3.3 million teachers should be inoculated after care home residents and health care workers in the queue but in the same group as the over-75s.
Teachers began receiving jabs in New York earlier this month and more than 5,000 have received a first dose of vaccine.
Teachers began receiving jabs in New York earlier this month and more than 5,000 have received a first dose of vaccine. Teacher Lisa Egan claps after she receives the Moderna coronavirus vaccine jab in the city
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