Construction/Renovation Continues at School
The GCISD School Board on March 19 heard reports concerning the construction project that is underway on the school campus. Burton Sandefur of DSA Construction said roofing of the Complex is almost complete and will soon begin on the high school and elementary schools. (This work is now in progress.) Work on the new vocational building will begin after the existing building is removed and groundwork and cement work are complete.
Two proposals for a heating/cooling thermostat network system were presented, one from Ener-tel of San Angelo for $46,000 and another from Black Watch Systems of Snyder for $20,000. The board was told that both do much the same thing, but Sandefur thinks the Ener-tel system does more than the school project needs. He said the Black Watch system should save enough dollars in electricity over two to four years to pay for itself, and its life expectancy is 40 years. The company will train three people to operate the system’s controls. There were questions about warranties that Superintendent Steve Long was to check out, then he was to contact board officers, who would make the decision as to which system to purchase.
The board spent 90 minutes in closed session discussing personnel before announcing approval of the following teachers’ contracts: Dual Contracts for Koby Abney, Brent Kirkland, Joseph Sanchez, Alonzo Garcia and Vance Jones; Term Contracts for Phyllis Byrne, Jerry Cannon, Ken Chandler, Charles Clarke, Bea Correa, Theresa Eoff, Kim Halfmann, Steve Hanson, Carla Hirt, Rusty Hollingsworth, Melanie Hoskins, Krista Hughes, Linda Jones, Shanna Kirkland, Jean Ann Kujawski, Tanya Multer, Amy Schwartz, Cecilia Schwartz, Christy Seidenberger, Jill Tubb, Reta Bell and Probationary Contracts for Perla Garcia and Kristin Schwartz.
In his report to the board, Long announced that Jimmy Fine has resigned.
Regarding other matters, Long told the board that he gets lots of good reports about our kids’ behavior when they are traveling and representing the school. He said he is working on the school calendar for 2007-08, and school will begin Aug. 27. Board president Karla Hoelscher said several people have asked about preparation for the possibility of snakes and bees at school, and said a safety presentation to students might be helpful.