Daily Budget News: Bond issue for Tatum ISD; tuition hike at Kilgore College
Tatum ISD officially calls $29.9 million bond election
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8:26 am | Updated: 8:37 am, Tue Feb 14, 2012.
By Christina Lane clane@news-journal.com | 0 comments
The Tatum ISD board of trustees on Monday officially called a $29.9 million May bond election.
The bond package, if approved by voters, will pay to build an $18.3 million three-grade elementary school to meet growth needs from Tatum Elementary and Tatum Primary schools.
Tuition to rise at Kilgore College
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:00 am | Updated: 7:28 am, Tue Feb 14, 2012.
By Glenn Evans gevans@news-journal.com | 0 comments
KILGORE — Tuition and fees will rise at Kilgore College this fall to cover anticipated state cuts, the board of trustees decided Monday.
The loss in state funding stems from a new law by which state funding to all community colleges gets recalculated yearly based on enrollment.
“So we’re going to lose an additional million dollars going into next year,” Kilgore College President Bill Holda said.
Killeen ISD weighs axing 35
teaching jobs through attrition
Posted On: Monday, Feb. 13 2012 11:20 PM
By Chris McGuinness
Killeen Daily Herald
Killeen Independent School District board members will vote on staff allocations tonight, including the elimination of 35 teaching positions at elementary schools.
The jobs are being reduced through attrition and not layoffs, said district spokesperson Leslie Gilmore.
http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=64249
Houston ISD parents split on
whether Superintendent Terry Grier's
contract should have been extended
By Mike Cronin
Just like the members of their school board, Houston school district parents are split on whether Thursday’s decision to extend Superintendent Terry Grier’s contract another 18 months was the right one.
Yet just as significant for some parents is that three board members who opposed Grier’s extension abstained from the vote rather than vote against continuing the superintendent’s contract through June 1, 2014.
http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2012/02/grier-placeholder/1329099161.column
Published Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:23 AM
Board OKs artificial turf at Merrill Green Stadium
By CASSIE SMITH
On Monday, the Bryan school board voted unanimously to move forward with installing artificial turf at Merrill Green Stadium, which also will get a new track.
Meanwhile, a partial artificial surface will go in at Rudder High School for practice purposes, officials said.
Bryan's Chief Financial Officer Amy Drozd said an estimated $1.3 million left from a 2009 bond that hasn't been earmarked for a specific project could be used to pay for the construction.
Athletic Director Harry Francis said maintaining artificial turf costs more the older it gets. However, he said, having the turf at both the high schools will increase the number of student groups able to use the space.
Francis said he also anticipates generating a 25 percent increase in revenue through renting out the fields during playoffs and for special events. The fields have been used sparingly due to wet weather conditions, he said.
