GCISD Administrators Given Salary Increase
At its Feb. 18 meeting, the GCISD School Board voted to give a 3- percent cost-of-living increase to Elementary School Principal Brad Jones, Secondary School Principal Faith Scott and Counselor Doug Connor. They also agreed to add one year to Athletic Director Wade Wesley’s contract.
At the request of cheerleader sponsors Micki Wesley and Linda DeWitt, the board approved changes in how cheerleaders are elected. Among the changes for the high school: cheerleaders will be elected with a weighted system in which independent judges’ votes will count 50 percent, faculty votes 30 percent, and student votes 20 percent; students trying out for cheerleader and a parent must attend a pre-tryout meeting where rules and costs will be discussed; tryouts for cheerleader, mascot and flag corps will be the same day (April 4 this year). Students in these positions will follow the same rules for eligibility, behavior, etc. as participants in other extra-curricular activities. Wesley also said an answer needs to be found to the problem of students not being supportive of cheerleaders at pep rallies and at games.
In the junior high, any student who tries out for cheerleader and can obtain a uniform will now be on the cheering squad.
The board discussed a proposed 2002-2003 school calendar, and will vote on it at the March 18 meeting.
Editor’s note: The March school board meeting was moved from March 11 to March 18 and will be covered in the April issue of the Glasscock County News.