Baccalaureate to be Held at School
At the suggestion of School Superintendent Steve Long, the GCISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously March 19 (Brad Avery absent) to hold future baccalaureate services in the school’s Ruth Cook Auditorium. This year’s program will be May 20 at 6:30 p.m. Long suggested that hosting of the occasion rotate among the county’s churches in alphabetical order, beginning with the Baptist church this year. Long said beginning next year, he would like baccalaureate information included as part of the school’s graduation invitations. For several years, the St. Lawrence Catholic Church has held a late-morning baccalaureate service, followed by a meal, for all GCISD graduates and their families. Occasionally, other churches in Garden City have also held services.
Two Teachers Resign
The board
accepted the resignations of Micheal Russell, special education teacher, and
Ladene Hardin, band director. All other teachers, coaches and administrators
have been rehired. Long asked
for budget amendments to move $4,000 into both the butane fund and into student
travel, saying he had not budgeted enough to handle increased expenses in those
areas.
He said
more than $1 million will be sent to Alpine ISD in seven installments to comply
with the state’s Robin Hood Plan, and that nearly $500,000 may be needed to
settle up last year’s account with Presidio ISD.
Long said the school is currently getting only
4.7 percent interest on its short-term CD’s, and some will mature soon. He
said 6.2 percent is available through the Texas Association of School Boards.
Painting, Bar-B-Q Grill Planned
Long reported that he has replaced two heaters in the bus barn, plans to have the outside of the elementary school and the “complex” painted during the summer, and that Southwest Tool is building a Bar-B-Q grill for the school so it won’t have to borrow one for concession stand use at various school events.