GCCISD trustees address morale concerns amid staff changes
Goose Creek CISD board members respond to questions from The Baytown Sun about morale. President Jimmy Smith says with about 3,000 employees he has not heard enough complaints to deem a morale problem, while Daniel Blackford cites a communication problem and urges an up and down K-12 approach for staff communication.
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Goose Creek Cisd
Baytown Highlands
Gccisd
Baytown Sun
Jimmy Smith
Smith
Agustin Laredo
Daniel Blackford
Blackford
Sterling Library Aims Digital Shift And Expanded Access
Sterling Municipal Library plans a three year modernization to boost digital access and rethink space. Goals include more electronic titles and online magazines, streaming movie access, off site card registration, a refreshed website, a children s page update, a mobile app for catalog browsing and checkout, plus staff training in readers advisory to better recommend titles.
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Baytown Sun
Christopher James
Sterling Municipal Library
Katherine Brown
Sterling Library
Brown
BHISD approves budget with employee raise plan
Barbers Hill ISD adopts a 61.8 million operating budget featuring a 2 percent raise plus a one time 2 percent lump sum increase for all employees. The district keeps the tax rate at 1.3298 per 100 valuation, unchanged since 2012, and reports a 1 million budget surplus with no tax-rate change for the tenth year. BHISD officials say the plan rewards staff while investing in students.
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Barbers Hill Isd
Becky McManus
BHISD
Bhisd Board
Becky Tice
Chambers Co weighs county run EMS for Anahuac
Chambers County Commissioners eyed a countywide EMS plan while stopping short of taking over Anahuac EMS. The county would license and study costs to run ambulance service as Anahuac EMS faces volunteer shortages and part time staff without benefits. Dean Baker cites funding, staffing gaps, and overtime strains. SEE COUNTY WIDE PAGE 8
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Chambers County
Anahuac
Commissioners Court
Ryan Holzaepfel
Dean Baker
Anahuac Ems
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Elementary school named for father to be built
Tila Guerrero listens as Aaron Kiser of Marshall Construction Company and Randal O'Brien deputy superintendent discuss the details of construction for an elementary school named in honor of her father.
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Tila Guerrero
Aaron Kiser
Marshall Construction Company, Ltd
Randal O’brien
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