Locks for each classroom door within the district, funds for a brand new livestock barn at the highschool and new uniforms for the soccer workforce all have been included in roughly $1 million in price range amendments the Paris ISD board of trustees permitted earlier this week throughout a gathering that noticed trustees spend time behind closed doorways discussing safety measures.
Roughly $425,000 of the cash moved from fund steadiness into expenditure accounts is allotted for the agriculture barn, $163,000 for hotel-type locks for classroom doorways, $46,000 for playground tools, $33,000 for soccer uniforms, $32,000 for a paint job at A.M. Aikin Elementary and one other $16,000 for Aikin sidewalk substitute, all expenditures permitted by the board however not but spent. Funds for numerous different miscellaneous initiatives and provides make up the rest of the transferred funds.
“That is the one month that we actually have one doozy of a price range modification, however this yr’s whole is definitely smaller than some years prior to now as a result of we don’t have quite a lot of development initiatives and that type of factor happening,” enterprise supervisor Tish Holleman mentioned.
In different motion, trustees permitted pay scales for bus screens together with new cafeteria hires based mostly on the variety of meals service expertise. The board additionally permitted the district code of conduct, which incorporates the costume code together with an worker handbook with no substantive modifications to both, in response to Assistant Superintendent Gary Preston.
Earlier than trustees entered closed session to approve new hires and focus on safety measures, board president George Fisher commented that though safety particulars shouldn’t be mentioned overtly, for apparent causes, he can guarantee the general public that Paris ISD is forward of lots of the state’s faculty districts in measures to make sure pupil security.
Lately returned from a trustees convention in Fort Value, Fisher mentioned faculty safety was a number one matter of dialogue throughout his networking with different board members.
“The taking pictures at Uvalde was on everybody’s thoughts, so there was quite a lot of dialogue,” Fisher mentioned. “I can guarantee PISD is approach forward of different districts with regards to pupil security.”
After the assembly, Fisher elaborated extra on the subject.
“We’ve been engaged on safety for greater than 10 years once we employed cops for every campus and since then now we have been including issues yearly,” Fisher mentioned, as he spoke about constructing safe entrances at every campus, bullet proof glass, safety cameras and different tools such because the locks simply ordered to put in on every classroom door.
“There may be all the time room for enchancment,” Fisher mentioned. “That’s why now we have discussions about safety like we had tonight regularly.”
The next lecturers have been permitted on the Monday assembly Matt Colman, junior excessive trainer/coach; Sydnie Doolley, at Aikin; Carla Ford, junior excessive science; Reisa Holzwarth, Crockett studying; Aaryn Honeywood, junior excessive artwork; Stacy Matthews at Crockett; Madison Morrison, junior excessive particular training/coach; Maria Perez, highschool Spanish; Raphael Ramirez, band; Lauren Stogsdill, Aikin; and Kimberly Stone, Aikin.
