Hoskins K –12 Principal; Quits Coaching
Ken Hoskins was designated as the school principal, grades K – 12, at a salary of $62,500 at an April 10 meeting of the GCISD Board. With this move, Hoskins will relinquish the football coach’s job to a person yet to be hired. At this time, Hoskins remains the athletic director. The school district is taking applications for a head football coach.
The school board election scheduled for May 13 was cancelled because there were no contested seats.
All Teachers’ Contracts Renewed
On March 20, the GCISD board renewed all contracts for its teaching staff. Dual contracts: Koby Abney, Josh Fee, Jimmy Fine and Brent Kirkland. Probationary Contracts: Alonzo Garcia, Perla Garcia and Kristin Schwartz. Term Contracts: Reta Bell, Phyllis Byrne, Jerry Cannon, Ken Chandler, Charles Clarke, Dana Cook, Bea Correa, Theresa Eoff, Conrad Flusche, Randy Gartman, Kim Halfmann, Carla Hirt, Rusty Hollingsworth, Melanie Hoskins, Linda Jones, Shanna Kirkland, Jean Ann Kujawski, Tanya Multer, Amy Schwartz, Cecilia Schwartz and Jill Tubb.
After some discussion on March 20, the board approved Bill Slavik as the school’s architect for the planned construction projects by a vote of 6 – 1, with Carl Hoelscher opposed. Hoelscher said he prefers using Young’s Buildings’ plans for the vo/ag building. He said Young is not an architect, but he has one who signs off on his plans. There was discussion of buying Young’s plans for the building, which Slavik would oversee. Superintendent Steve Long said Slavik’s fee is five to seven percent of the project, depending on its size.
Long told the board there is good information regarding the state’s efforts to reform school finance at http://www.texasisd.com.