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GCISD
Board announces six finalists... After
approximately two hours in Executive Session, Tuesday, June 12,
the GCISD Board announced the top six finalists for the two open
Board positions.
Mark
Born, President, first thanked everyone for the "heightened
level of interest" and then announced the finalists.
They will have 15 minute interviews on June 19. Mr. Born
also stated that "we will appoint the two replacements that
evening."
John Bailey and
Mark Born
The
finalists will begin the interviews at 6:30 and will be seen in
the following order: Please
check back for links to the candidates applications.
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James
Hamilton
Charma Mee-Beck
MaryAnn Nicholson
Jesse Rodriguez
Vicki Thomas
Dewayne Weeks |
Mr.
Born requested that the candidates keep their calendars free for a
Convention on June 21, 22 and 23 for necessary training.
When
asked what process the Board took to make the final selections,
Mr. Born stated, "We looked at the answers to the interview
questions, reviewed the skills set by each candidate and what
they had to offer the Board to help in the mission to move to a
National level."
Also
on the agenda was a recommendation for the Board to approve
several deductive Change Orders. Following is a list of the
Change Orders requested and approved by the Board 5-0.
| Mustang-Panther
Stadium Phase II Construction Budget |
$628,471.00 |
| Mustang-Panther
Stadium Phase I Construction Budget |
$204.299.00 |
| Swim
Center Construction Budget |
$350.607.00 |
| Bransford
Elementary School Construction Budget |
$84,879.78 |
| Heritage
Elementary School Construction Budget |
$84,655.00 |
| Bear
Creek Elementary School Construction Budget |
$230,118.00 |
| OC
Taylor Elementary School Construction Budget |
$376,651.25 |
| Colleyville
Elementary School Construction Budget |
$113,594.00 |
| Cannon
Elementary School Construction Budget |
$436,645.45 |
| Dove
Elementary School Construction Budget |
$211,116.00 |
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TOTAL
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$2,721,036.48 |
The
Board was briefed by Hank Johnson, Director of Financial Services,
on legislative updates, revenue projections, comparison of full
year to short year and outstanding critical issues. Click
here for Legislature: Health Insurance and School Finance
Update.
Mr.
Johnson mentioned the following critical issues.
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Tax
Rate - increase necessary
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Salary
Increase - recommended
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Cost
Reductions - how would the board like to present cost containment?
Barbara
Keeney, Secretary, "We need to really review what the impact
is on cost reduction. We have spent years decreasing the
class size and that has contributed to our schools being exemplary."
The
evening concluded with the announcement that the GCISD Board of
Trustees will be extending a welcome to the new Superintendent of
Schools, Dr. Kevin Singer, and his family on Thursday, June 14,
2001 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM at the Cross Timbers Middle School
Library. For more information, call 817-251-5504. Click
here for copy of announcement.
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Barbara Kenney and
Fiona Sigalla
Kathryn Kee
Nancy Coplen and
Tim Raine
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