Band Director Flusche Resigns
The GCISD board (Tibby Niehues absent) accepted the resignation of band director Conrad Flusche in their regular session June 12. The board also approved a contract with Gayle Thompson for media services at an annual cost of $5110.
School Superintendent Steve Long reported that so far, GCISD has not been hurt by proposed changes in state school finance. In fact, he said the district might get more state aid than before. He said, however, increased oil prices will cause some districts to have a huge increase in income, resulting in a large increase in the amount of money they will have to give away. Long stressed that many more versions of school finance are likely before any one becomes law.
He said teachers will get a $2,000 raise, plus $500 to help defray increases in insurance costs.
Regarding other matters, the board: approved a list of 28 students wanting to transfer into the district; discussed purchase of a cover for the new scoreboard at the football stadium; discussed moving money into an investment pool and learned that there are 24 students in summer school.