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NISD approves staff raises, plans to adopt deficit budget
At its board meeting Monday, Northwest ISD school board members approved the district’s 2024-2025 compensation plan to improve teacher and staff salaries and benefits. The compensation plan includes a minimum 2 percent midpoint raise, and many veteran teachers will see salary adjustments to increase overall compensation for total years of service. Veteran staff who have worked for NISD for more […]
Chico students turn harrowing experiences into community help
Whether it’s an active shooter situation or a self defense scenario, three Chico High School students are working to make sure their community is prepared to handle danger. Grant Barksdale, Cambrie Barksdale and Taylor Martin of Chico 4-H helped organize a self defense and active shooter response training class last weekend. The class featured experts from the Wise County Sheriff’s […]
Partisan politics return to school board race
Records show GOP leader behind mass message as voting startsEditor’s note: This story has been updated. For the second straight year, conservative activists are seeking to influence a local school board election. On Sunday, many residents in the Decatur Independent School District received a text message urging people to “reject” a candidate for the school board and pointed to two issues that have been a priority among conservatives in […]
School board trustee marks 50 years of service
The year was 1974. Tim Fletcher, a recent Slidell graduate, decided he should try to bring his fresh, first-hand knowledge as a student to the Slidell School Board. He got the votes and started on the board that year. Today, Fletcher is currently the longest serving school board trustee in Wise County. He hit 50 years of continuous service in […]
District approves SRO program with local police department
The Boyd ISD board of trustees unanimously approved a partnership with the Boyd Police Department to implement a new plan for the district’s school resource officers. After considering proposals from Boyd PD and Wise County Sheriff’s Office during the district’s regularly-scheduled monthly meeting Monday, trustees voted 6-0 to green-light the agreement with the city’s law enforcement agency. Trustee Aaron Lambert […]
McLemore uses her writing to connect with students
Bridgeport Intermediate fifth grade teacher Beth McLemore’s love for writing started at an early age. She can recall penning books as early as the second grade, making up call numbers and placing them on the shelves of her elementary library. “The librarian did not like that. She was very mad at me, but my teacher didn’t agree with her at […]
Training talk goes off the rails
Board, superintendent argue about team building exerciseSimmering tensions between some members of the Decatur School Board and Superintendent Chad Jones and Board President Dylan Barnes boiled over publicly Monday during a discussion about board training hours.
BISD looks at budget crunch
The Bridgeport ISD Board of Trustees is considering options for the 2024-2025 budget that may include a series of cuts. At the school board meeting Monday, trustees were presented with assumptions for how the 2023-2024 budget will be finalized in June, and projections for next year’s budget. This year’s budget is projected to end with $21,002,934 in revenue and $23,313,182 […]
NISD discusses staff raises, STAAR interim assessment data
At its board meeting Monday, Northwest ISD school board members discussed a proposed compensation plan and staff raise and were presented with a STAAR interim data assessment. The district human resources department presented a first glance at the proposed compensation plan to trustees as NISD prepares to provide staff with midpoint raises for the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, the district […]
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