Killeen ISD to propose 3.5% pay bump for all employees at next board meeting
If approved, the salary for a first-year teacher would increase from $50,300 to $52,000 for the upcoming school year. Author: 6 News Digital (6News) Published: 9:25 PM CDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 10:06 PM CDT May 7, 2021
KILLEEN, Texas Next Tuesday, the superintendent of the Killeen Independent School District will present a proposal to raise the pay for all employees during the 2021-2022 school year.
Dr. John Craft will present the plan to the Board of Trustees during Tuesday night s regularly scheduled board meeting.
The proposal offers to increase pay by 3.5% for all employees beginning July 1, the district said.
Proposal includes converting Coleman building into 1,200-student high school
Waxahachie Daily Light
The Waxahachie Independent School District board of trustees unanimously referred a $127 million bond issue to voters for the May 1 election during Monday night’s regular monthly meeting.
Superintendent Dr. Bonny Cain said a voter-approved bond issue will not necessitate a property tax increase.
“Our student enrollment just continues to grow,” Cain said. “We’ve been told we will have 1,000 extra students next year … When you’re looking at the houses that are selling and the houses that are being proposed, we need to be ready.”
The bond will provide more than 1,500 additional classroom seats to accommodate the district’s fast growth. The proposed projects include:
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HISD Board To Review TASB Policy Updates The Hillsboro Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees will meet in regular session Monday evening, February 8, at 6 p.m. to discuss and possibly approve a number of Texas Association of School Board (TASB) policy updates. The board is expected to accept the resignation of district 3 trustee Earl Bibles and nominate a replacement to the seat. Board members will receive a report from the Hillsboro Education Foundation as well as reports from directors, principals and the superintendent. The meeting will be held at the administration building, located at 121 East Franklin Street in Hillsboro. The meeting may also be accessed by phone by calling 1-224-585-8683, using the access code 139-891-170.
Dressing for success
For LGBTQ students and parents, dress codes are only part of the concern
Aubree Calvin | Contributing Writer
Just two-and-half hours west of Fort Worth is Clyde Consolidated Independent School District, where, in December, gay male student Trevor Wilkinson was suspended for wearing nail polish.
If you drive five hours south of Dallas, you’ll come to Louise Independent School District where, in October, trans student Sanae Martinez was banned from school for dressing according to her gender identity rather than the sex she was assigned at birth.
Both students were accused of violating their school’s gendered dress codes, policies that the American Civil Liberties Union and other Texas interest groups call unconstitutional. Students across the DFW Metroplex report similar stories to Wilkinson and Martinez, but because they handled it privately through meetings with teachers and principals instead of taking their stories to social media, these stories have
think we have a lot more things to worry about on school campus is whether to say a word that is permitted. what the texas association of school board says. they have a document on its website that says you are allowed to exchange gifts, cards religious messages, you can create religious symbols in art and religious music can be performed at school. this is not a problem. no one is stopping anyone from saying merry christmas. heather: i pulled that up, as well. their suggestion, their guidance they offer to the schools in that area. at least two occasions we found where schools were forced to change their christmas tree to a holiday day. one was in ashland, oregon, in 2009 they were forced to take the tree down and alter the display. and in stockton, california, they recommended banning christmas trees. what is happening in texas in this particular school..