Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 16, 1997 Page: 3 of 20
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School Rains ISO Facilities Committee
Board reports classroom shortage
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1997 HttiilS COOOtB Lftadtr
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Code Chapter 46. The 75th Texas mofitc MAnHflt/
Legislature created this new in- WlUllUfly
structional facilities allotment to Rains 4-H Club will meet
equalize the burdens of debt service Monday, September 22, 7 p.m., at
in financing school construction. If the Rains County Fairgrounds
Rains ISD taxpayers approved a exhibit building. All current 4-H
bond election this fall or this members, parents, and leaders are
coming spring, the school district encouraged to attend. If you are
could qualify for these funds, interested in joining 4-H or finding
School districts in the area such as out more about 4-H. come and join
Quinlan and Commerce are cur- us.
rently pursuing bond elections in Davis Mask, Texas Parks and
order to qualify for these funds. Wildlife and the Texas Freshwater
Reported by the Fisheries Center at Athens will pre-
Facilities Committee sent the program and introduce
some possibilities for 4-H fishing
CldSS Of 1966 projects for members and leaders
The class of 1966 will meet at the y »„**,
Point Community Center Septem- _ . , _
ber 20, 1997, from 1:00 p.m. until Suc Bruner and Betty Deaton
whatever. Come visit, bring snacks wcCe ,n^ *n Antomo ar|d other parts
and sit a spell. *'* of South Texas recently.
(Continued form page one)
$23,721.02 total.
The board approved the original
interlocal agreement between the
district and the county and also ap-
proved the Special Education Co-op
contract with the Van Zandt/Rains
Special Education Co-Op.
Dr. Davidson provided the board
with current enrollment figures as
requested by the board, as follows:
elementary 603, junior high 341,
high school, 430, alternative 10, for
a total of 1384 as of August 1997.
Davidson also gave an update on
the status of the roofing project. He
said they were currently waiting on
materials to arrive, which are ex-
pected sometime in October, with
plans to begin the first of Novem-
ber. Since the project calls for 120
days for completion, he said to
expect it by the end of the school
year. He added that will be a very
noisy project, so students and facul-
ty need to be aware of this.
Davidson also updated the board
on a new bill that requires testing of
gas line pressure. During the test.
Lone Star Gas found a line that runs
under a building and needed to be
moved. Lone Star said they will
move this line at no cost to the dis-
trict and will also install a flow con-
trol. He said the work would be
done during the Thanksgiving week
holidays.
Matt Ouallinc, a member of the
facilities committee, gave a very
comprehensive report on the educa-
tional facility needs of the district
based on enrollment history and
projected enrollment based on the
rate of growth seen in the past six
years. The report covered present
teaching space deficits as well as
teaching space needs through the
year 2002-03 based on the enroll-
ment projections. The report offered
two options for alleviating the over-
crowding and allow for continued
growth.
Option #1 called for leaving pre-
kindergarten. kindergarten, first,
second and third grades in the pre-
sent elementary facility, having an
intermediate school made up of
fourth, fifth and sixth grade in the
existing junior high/high school fa-
cility, having seventh and eighth
grade as junior high in the existing
JH/HS facility with the addition of
two additional classrooms, and
building a new facility for ninth
through twelfth grades.
Option #2 called for leaving pre-
K through fif th grade at the existing
elementary facility, which would
require the construction of 15 addi-
tional classrooms and a gym; build-
ing a new facility for junior high
(sixth, seventh and eighth grades);
and letting high school use the ex-
isting JH/SH facility, which would
require ten additional classrooms.
The facilities committee’s rec-
ommendation was to implement op-
tion #1. allocate funds and begin the
selection process for securing pro-
fessional architectural planning and
design services, and pursue all
avenues of available funding in con-
junction with the committee’s ef-
forts to i.ccure Chapter 46 matehwg-
funds.
Due to the requirements and ap-
plication deadline for the Chapter
46 funds, the board would have to
call a bond election as soon as pos-
sible Approximately $2.8 to $3.1
million in funds arc available under
Chapter 46, but the application
deadline is Dec. 15, 1997, and a
bond election must have been
passed previous to that date
The board thanked the facilities
committee for all the work they
have done and for the outstanding
report they compiled and set a date
of Monday. Sept 15. at 7:30 for a
special meeting to discuss this fur-
ther.
Lela Fisher, president of the
newly formed technology commit-
tee. informed the board that they
now have copies of the committee's
minutes in their board packets and
updated the board on what the com-
mittee has accomplished so far She
expressed the need for a cellular
phone for troubleshooting, when
you need to be in front of the com-
puter and on the phone with the
computer technician at the same
time It was determined that the dis-
trict already has a cellular phone but
may need an additional phione num-
ber They will check with the dis-
trict’s present cellular phone service
provider.
Regarding employee comp time.
Dr. Davidson explained that the dis-
trict doesn’t have a clear-cut policy
ip_pjace f.yr_ noo-jcontract. .employ:
ecs. He suggested that they need to
contact the school's attorney and
have him draw up guidelines that
will be in compliance with the Fair
Labor Standards Act, then the dis-
trict will have the policy in place for
the future He stated. “You want to
be fair but you also need to protect
the district."
The board convened in executive
session at 9:15 p.m. and reconvened
in open session at 10:13 p.m. at
which time the following personnel
items were voted on:
•Accepted the resignations of Di-
anna Davis and Paula Trumble, bus
drivers.
•Postponed the interim superin-
tendent search until the special
board meeting on Mon.. Sept. 15.
•Employed TASB as the superin-
tendent search firm
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Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 16, 1997, newspaper, September 16, 1997; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth764499/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.