Steve Long is New
Superintendent
On March 20, GCISD’s Board of Trustees hired Steve Long as the district’s new superintendent at an annual salary of $67,000. He was awarded a two-year contract, which will begin June 1.
Long has been the superintendent at Rule ISD since 1995, and before that, was Rule’s principal. His bachelor’s degree is from Angelo State University, his master’s, in education and mid-management, is from Abilene Christian University, and his superintendent’s certificate is from Sul Ross. He has teaching fields in science and physical education, and has been a science teacher and coach at both Roby and Water Valley.
The board accepted the resignations of Mike Wallace, first-year varsity girls’ basketball coach and math teacher, and Annette Pool, elementary school teacher. All other teachers were rehired.
Linda Dusek presented the school $1,000 from the Latzel-Watkins Memorial Fund. Superintendent Charles Zachry suggested using the money to buy a large world globe for the library, along with a plaque recognizing the donation.
School Calendar Adopted
After much discussion, the board adopted the same school calendar for 2000 – 2001 as it has now, with the possibility that spring break might be changed to coincide with other area schools if a distance learning program can be implemented.
A school trustee election was ordered for May 6, and the board appointed Deanie Craft, Ruth Cook, Wanda Forbis, and Becky Halfmann election judges.
The board adopted the textbooks recommended by the school textbook committee.
Student council and FHA groups requested additional funding for some students to attend state events, but the board took no action on the requests. In discussing the matters, the board found it hard to deny the money, but agreed that school groups need to stay within their budgets, or to raise funds for extra activities.
In his district
report, Zachry said he has bids of $2,700 each for new septic systems for
two school houses (Cox and Bradford). He said combining some bus routes
might be considered in the summer since enrollment is down, and reported
that a WADA
payment of $151,000 is due April 30.