Long Gets Raise, Contract Renewal
After approving School Superintendent Steve Long’s evaluation, the GCISD school board gave him a $1,500 raise, a $1,000 bonus and renewed his contract for one year at its meeting Jan. 14. The $1,500 raise will put his salary at $79,500.
The board voted unanimously to approve the evaluation and to renew the contract, but was split 6 – 1 on the raise and bonus, with Diane Havlak voting against. The board spent almost two hours in closed session while discussing the matters.
Some of Rusty Hollingsworth’s students gave audio-visual presentations to the board regarding computerized equipment that can be used to perform specific tasks. Eric Hirt showed the use of a $2,500 computerized architectural program, which can be used to create blueprints or used in landscape design. Kevin Hillger reviewed the use of a $7,000 cold cut saw and Spencer Plagens discussed a $15,000 Plasma Cam, a computerized torch that can cut scanned or programmed designs in metal.