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Board Approves 18 Positions, Including Asst. Principal, 14 Teachers; Budget Priorities
- Updated: August 23, 2013
By unanimous vote, trustees approved Jesus Molina as Assistant Principal at Los Fresnos High School, and 17 other positions, including 14 teachers.
Positions approved by the board include:
- Reynaldo Buendia, Truancy Officer
- Raul de la Cruz, Athletic Trainer
- Myrian Kuntz, Educational Diagnostician
- Yaitzma Caraveo, Teacher, Los Fresnos High School
- Audrey Escobedo, Teacher, Los Fresnos High School
- Johvonne Y. Hernandez, Teacher, Los Fresnos High School
- Heber Olguin, Teacher, AMI
- Jeffrey Barker, Teacher, Liberty Memorial Middle School
- Suzanne F. Hall, Teacher, Liberty Memorial Middle School
- Claudia Rubio-Villarreal, Teacher, Liberty Memorial Middle School
- Ivan Estrada, Teacher, Los Cuates Middle School
- Maria Magdalena Bolado, Teacher, Resaca Middle School
- Patricia Hernandez, Teacher, Resaca Middle School
- Victoria Anne Vinson, Teacher, Resaca Middle School
- Maribel Gutierrez, Teacher, Los Fresnos Elementary
- Betty Cardenas, Teacher, Palmer-Laakso Elementary
- George Treviño, Teacher, Rancho Verde Elementary
In other matters related to personnel, trustees approved the following for the 2013-14 school year:
- pay grades and job classifications
- stipends and substitute teacher salary schedule for the 2013-14 school year
- salary supplements for the 2013-14 school year
- EAE/UIL Academic Supplements for the 2013-14 school year Trustees also approved the Perfect Attendance Incentive for classroom teachers only of $200 for calendar semester without absences and $600 additional for no absences for the entire work calendar year. Thus, teachers who are not absent during the entire school year receive a total incentive of $1,000.Betty Cardenas, Reynaldo Buendia, Raul de la Cruz, Jesus Molina, Jeffrey Barker, Yaitzma Caraveo, and Suzanne Hall.
Trustees also approved the 2013-14 budget priorities, which includes two major projects.
Topping the priorities are a roof project at Los Cuates Middle School at a price of $500,000, and a Welding Shop addition at Los Fresnos High School at a price of $205,000.